My first carrier: some assembly required

RichardT10829 · #1 11-09-11, 20:40

dave what did you use to set the rivets...any pics of the tools ?

super dave · #2 11-09-11, 20:54

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Originally Posted by RichardT10829

dave what did you use to set the rivets...any pics of the tools ?

I used a 8x rivet gun and made up the bucking bar with the rivet sets. If I get a chance I will try and take some pictures of them.

Lynn Eades · #3 11-09-11, 22:12

Yes please can we pictures of the tooling (gun dollies bucking bar etc.
Cheers.

RichardT10829 · #4 11-09-11, 22:45

i would be interested in buying them if you were willing to sell :-) will save me a lot of time and hassle with a lathe

Dave Schindel · #5 12-09-11, 02:01

super dave, I'm also interested in your paint color. What did you use?

super dave · #6 12-09-11, 16:55

Ok Here is what I used for the bucking bar and rivet sets. I purchased the rivet Gun and the Sets off of Ebay (just search for rivet sets generally in the aircraft section) in two different auctions. The rivet sets I purchased came as a bunch of 27 pieces, but I only have been using 5 of them as the others are to small but was cheaper than buying them individually. The bucking bars I made up and added the extra weight to them as my dad was giving me a hand and he did not have the strength to hold the bar tight enough (he is 80 after all). I made one using a offset rivet set as drilling the end of a piece of steel and holding it in with a washer welded on so it would not fall out and the other piece was drilled and then shaped to what I wanted with a round grinding stone with a die grinder.

super dave · #7 12-09-11, 17:08

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Originally Posted by Dave Schindel

super dave, I'm also interested in your paint color. What did you use?

The paint I had made up locally at Cloverdale paint using there industrial enamel paint using a paint chip card that I got the info from brad mills. I tried to get the same paint (Sherwin Williams) but the only place that could mix it up was in Brampton ON as there was a certain flattening agent used in the mix and they were the only branch in Canada that had it. It was nice of them however to send me a paint chip to use to get it matched locally.

Dave Schindel · #8 13-09-11, 06:59

Looks good.I am using a local auto body shop to try get the right color.I'll keep Cloverdale in mind. Thanks.