All entries tagged ‘riveting’

basic-rivet-layout
August24

Basic Rivet Layout

By: Brian W.

EAA’s “Hints for Homebuilders” video featuring SportAir instructor Jack Dueck.

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drilling-sheet-metal
August24

Drilling Sheet Metal

By: Brian W.

EAA’s “Hints for Homebuilders” video featuring SportAir instructor Jack Dueck.

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deburring-metal
August24

Deburring Metal

By: Brian W.

EAA’s “Hints for Homebuilders” video featuring SportAir instructor Jack Dueck.

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flush-riveting
August24

Flush Riveting

By: Brian W.

EAA’s “Hints for Homebuilders” video featuring SportAir instructor Jack Dueck.

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backriveting
August24

Backriveting

By: Brian W.

EAA’s “Hints for Homebuilders” video featuring SportAir instructor Jack Dueck.

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drilling-rivets
August24

Removing Bad Rivets

By: Brian W.

EAA’s “Hints for Homebuilders” video featuring SportAir instructor Jack Dueck.

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Flush Riveting
January31

Four Methods of Flush Riveting

By: Brian W.

A cool old Lockheed/Walt Disney Industrial Training animation.

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sportair-3
May2

EAA SportAir Workshop

By: Brian W.

Notes on EAA’s “Van’s RV Aircraft Assembly” SportAir Workshop.

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rivets
June12

Introduction to Rivets

By: Brian W.

EAA SportAir superhero Jack Dueck reviews the basics of driven rivets.

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c-frame-riveting
August20

Riveting with a C-Frame

By: Brian W.

Wally Anderson demonstrates a backriveting technique using a C-Frame.

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Skins Drilled
November25

Shop Setup and Practice Kit

By: Brian W.

The airplane factory is officially up and running, so we try some sheet metal work.

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rivet-gauge
January4

Riveting the HS Spars

By: Brian W.

With priming done, we squeeze the first rivets in the HS spars.

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HS-707 Nose Rib Clecoed
January5

Skin Riveting & Murphy’s Law

By: Brian W.

Mr. Murphy rears his ugly head, slowing progress a bit.

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Coming Together
April15

Closing the Horizontal Stab

By: Brian W.

Our Tech Counselor visits and we make some headway on the stab.

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Drilling Rivets
April20

Horizontal Stab Quality Control

By: Brian W.

We bring our Tech Counselor back in to inspect some bad rivets.

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Rudder Assembly
July1

Rudder Progress

By: Brian W.

With both stabs done, we begin work on the rudder.

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