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this one is about car work, but could easily apply to making airplane metal work, simply, he explains things well... only watched a couple of his channels videos so far, but hope the rest are this informative...

 
I need to learn how to fix chips in my CF prop. Whirl Wind told me to fill the chips with gelled superglue and touch up the paint. No mention of sanding but I can't imagine how to get a good result without. Warp Speed says to use 5 minute JB Weld. Interesting stuff.
 
Found this windshield wiper arm puller at a tool vendor at Sun & Fun. Works great with a longer round head scew installed for pulling those stuck fuel valve handles.
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A tool, sort of, the BalanceMaster I have 13 hours on now is a no brainier re: prop Nick's/ balancing are concerned. Well worth the 10 Oz's weight, Rotax app.
 
I have tried some Cherry Q self plugging 1/8 inch rivets but am having problems with the stem pulling all of the way through leaving an open hole. What am I doing wrong?
 
I have tried some Cherry Q self plugging 1/8 inch rivets but am having problems with the stem pulling all of the way through leaving an open hole. What am I doing wrong?

Not sure what you are doing but I got these from Wicks years ago as self sealing for oiling tubes. Do t know the part number but can send you some.
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I am building some flaps which required longer cuts than my shear would make. I took the sheet metal and sandwiched it between two layers of my MDF bench top and screwed them together pinching the sheet tightly. I then scored the sheet multiple times with the tool previously suggested by someone here using the mdf edge as a guide. It took about 10-12 passes to separate the piece but it worked like a champ[emoji4].IMG_2462.JPGIMG_2464.JPG
You can also use that clamping technique to create bend lines as needed.
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I have had trouble welding small tubes637DD7F3-6B39-4CFD-98F3-3DE0D6DA7ECA.jpg to something without causing EB6D74C6-827A-4428-9EA7-88FB2A942C8D.jpg distortion. I needed to make some flap pulley attach points that I could pass a bolt through. So I placed an aluminum rod through the small tube and clamped the base to a larger aluminum rod to act as chill blocks. The process worked well without distortion and after tig welding the rod just slipped out.
 

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I wanted to test the Airspeed indicator line for leaks. I attached a thin latex pouch to the pitot tube and pressurized it with a syringe and silicone tube. If the latex bag went limp it indicted a leak. It can also be used the other direction to test the ASI.
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Found this windshield wiper arm puller at a tool vendor at Sun & Fun. Works great with a longer round head scew installed for pulling those stuck fuel valve handles.
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I quit using the Imperial valves and now I build these for the taylorcraft:
Its a 50,000 cycle valve with Teflon seals, no more seeps and sticking valves. I have the option of FPTxFPT and MPTxFPT, they have a 5/16" ID for a 1/4" valve. Can be used under the owner produced parts and built under a commercial spec that is allowed to be used in antique aircraft.

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The wife said I had to process the apple harvest before I could go fly so I automated it a little.
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well, It's a work in progress.... but I like it....

I was gonna make some new steel rolling dies like shown in post #67 in the kydex thread

EDIT: replaced link with better one

http://www.supercub.org/forum/showt...nterior-Panels&p=503509&viewfull=1#post503509

well, it seems I cleaned the 2 1/2" bar stock to some hidden corner of my shop :-(

so plan 'B'.... got looking at those washers from post 67 in other thread... and it hit me...

instead of making MANY single use die sets, why not make a bunch of thin pieces from washers and PVC pipe... and then stack them on roller however to make unlimited patterns.....
(think old erector set...)

so This is mostly a tool so I put it in this thread...

you can probably make one with a drill press and a file if you dont have a lathe...

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Wow ! Another great post from years ago by MCS Repair. Wish I had time to read all of them. I made up some homemade dies to go into my 24" Roper Whitney bead roller and had a great time kicking out some interior panels. Thanks for the inspiration Mike !

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Wow ! Another great post from years ago by MCS Repair. Wish I had time to read all of them. I made up some homemade dies to go into my 24" Roper Whitney bead roller and had a great time kicking out some interior panels. Thanks for the inspiration Mike !

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I miss playing with Kydex!!

last 2 projects, came with prefabbed interiors(carbon fiber then aluminum).....

someone get me to play with making them a Kydex interior!!! love playing with it!!
 
I wondered what happened to the Backyard Flyer. It had a wing structure that required aluminum welding, so not really a homebuilt design, but it performed well with a generator vtwin. Gene Smith (grandpa) came up with an incredibly simple way to arrange the base of the control stick, I had to stare for a minute just to see how so few parts could result in a two axis stick. We lost a real original thinker.
 
I sent that video to my Dad. We use to watch Gene to touch and goes at the ultralight strip at Oshkosh for hours. He was always having a lot of fun. Some of our favorite memories of Oshkosh.
 
A recent thread revealed some old jeepers on the forum, so here goes. There's been an old jeep with my homebrew 3pt hitch sitting between the hangar and strip here for about 20 years. I left it there to remind me when I get too clever sometimes. The mower deck was meant to turn backwards for a Kubota, so I just mowed in reverse, as old jeep ptos go in reverse with the transmission. I had the strip about half done during a dry summer when the cloud of chaff I was backing thru plugged the radiator and the engine expired with a cracked head. I used the starter to get it off the runway and there it has sat. Removing a jeep head with the studs packed with rust dust is not fun. This week I dragged it in and hooked up the head to a $150 Harbor Freight winch, clamped to a pipe spanning 3 rafters. Picked the front of the jeep off the floor and started whomping with a maul. Quick and straightforward method. Picture shows my new deck, it turns the right way.
 

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