The building of a Vans RV-14: Tools

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3/25/18

Last cotter pin in place

Started with folding up the engine lift.

Then I took one of my old screw drivers and made a hook like cutout at the end. Together with one of these dental instruments that have a small ball at the end, I managed to bend the last cotter pin. The dental instrument held the end of the cotter pin and then I used my modified screw driver to pull on the dental instrument.

Finished off this session with attaching the engine to engine mount cable.

2/17/18

Engine hoist

A new tool:

8/31/17

35 more prep and prime

Prepped and primed the wiring channel, no picture of that. Made a holder for my smaller rivet dies:

8/7/17

Lots of rivets

The pneumatic pop rivet riveter has earned it´s cost in today's session alone.

7/16/17

29, an unusual bucking bar to the rescue

Only did eight rivets on each side during this session. For one per side it was really difficult to find a bucking bar that would be usable. I finally found one, shown best on the third picture and how I held it on the last pic.

6/22/17

29, got the wrong size, dimple dies

Aaargh, got the wrong size of dimple dies delivered. Did some other smaller tasks yesterday.

6/16/17

29, broken dimple die

Breaking edges

Making the upper edges smooth and rounded

Marking holes that should not be dimpled

deburring by scuffing

Dimpling until one die failed. I do not have any standard #40 female dimple dies but replacement should be in stock at my main local supplier

4/18/17

Skipping ahead 26

A very short session tonight. Went to the next page in the manual, it tells you to grind down a 1/8 dimple die... luckily I looked and it is only two dimples to be done so I got out my close quarters die set (the one using the pop-rivet tool) and did the two #30 dimples.

Then I did the dimples for the nut plates and finally I riveted them to the F-01430 Floor stiffener.

4/14/17

26 Started on the baggage ribs

Very happy that it was possible to back rivet all the seat ribs. There is some curve to the structure so it was important to make sure that the structure was firmly against the back rivet plate.

Used my pneumatic pop rivet tool for the first time to set the two MK-19 rivets, once again I learned that I should have bought a tool sooner, happy that I have it now before the baggage skin riveting but I would also have wanted to have this for many rivets on the wing.

3/13/17

chapter 25 soon done

The C-frame retrofit kit, was worth it for just the last session. Link below. Without it, it would not have been possible to use the C-frame for this task.

http://www.cleavelandtool.com/Avery-C-Frame-Retrofit-Kit/productinfo/Z-CF-AVERY/#.WMa7aPkrJaQ

9/3/16

New toys

Picked up the hydro-pneumatic pop-rivet gun and some plexi/fiberglass drill bits that I ordered form Cleavelands.

12/14/15

New tool

A new stationary saw. 20min to assemble and adjust and then 10min to cut some tank parts.

11/8/15

Just a few more rivets and the ailerons and flaps will be ready for riveting the trailing edge.

3.2 hours of work today. The camera battery died after a while so only a short movie and some phone pictures showing my way of solving the need for an extended #34 drill bit and the wedge I used to be able to blind rivet close to the flap hinges.

10/26/15

Getting closer to finishing the ailerons

Dimpling, edge breaking and more dimpling. Grinded the edge off one of my squeezer yokes to be able to dimple the ribs.

10/2/15

Deburring bottom wing skin holes

Did not feel like working today so I only did an hour of easy to do things. Like lots of deburring.

10/1/15

Match and finaldrilling

Did some match- and final-drilling on the innermost parts of the bottom skins (Did the right wing as well even if it is not mentioned at this time in the plans). And also final drilled the #19 holes for the access panel screws.

Then I fitted the Cleaveland C-frame parts to my C-frame, check the comments on the pictures, a typical example of what happens when you take however great measures... but only once ;)