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Well today I broke down and bought a bunch of solid rivet stuff including a used pneumatic squeezer. Gonna go for it on the wing tanks, probably regret it but hey, it's a learning experience! I started drilling out the rivets with a 1/8" drill and this seems just a touch small. Plus it's hard to stay centered on that big flat flush rivet (no dimple) even though I punched a hole in the center. In any event what I'm left with is a hole down the center of the rivet and the head still on. On the few where the head popped off the top (countersunk flat part) is still firmly attached. Any tips??? Use a little larger bit and then go with a larger rivet later or is there another trick to getting these buggers out? I had my father in law help with the punching and he counted like 248 rivets in each wing tank. Wheew, this will be a while! As always, thanks for the advice and let's keep em flying, ok?! Joa ______________________ ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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