.........have just rejoined the net. I did not see the original post on rivets; but there are lots of planes flying around with pop rivets holding them together......Teenie2, Zenair, Sonex; just to name a few. But if you are talking about pop riveting metal to wood....FORGET IT....!!!
KRJerry Jerry Mahurin Lugoff, SC e-mail: krje...@bellsouth.net Website: http://KR-Builder.org -------Original Message------- From: KR builders and pilots List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 21:37:01 To: kr...@mylist.net Subject: Re: KR>Piano hinge for Cowl We are not using a piano hinge, but we used 3/4 in wood screws about 4 inches apart to attach the angle that the cowl is attached to. I drilled a starter hole before putting the screws into the firewall. I would not use pop rivets. I do not think that T88 will hold up with the vibration, gluing metal to metal. N64KR Daniel R. Heath - Columbia, SC da...@kr-builder.org See you in Mt. Vernon - 2004 - KR Gathering See our KR at http://KR-Builder.org - Click on the pic See our EAA Chapter 242 at http://EAA242.org _______________________________________________ see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html .
