Netters,
I¹m planning on attaching my cowl using piano hinges. My question is,
how to attach the piano hinge to the firewall. I thought about using T-88
to glue it to the Stainless steel firewall but the SS is not attached that
well around the edge. What have others done, use wood screws? I
Jim Moorehead wrote:
> I¹m planning on attaching my cowl using piano hinges. My question is,
> how to attach the piano hinge to the firewall. I thought about using T-88
> to glue it to the Stainless steel firewall but the SS is not attached that
> well around the edge. What have others done
> I used 3/4" long #4 wood screws from Wicks, about 2" apart, if that helps
at
> all.>
> Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL
I am also ready to attach my piano hinge to the firewall for the cowl. Just
curious...how would pop rivets hold up. I would think 1/8" x 1/2" pop rivets
every inch would be a g
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
enairs and others.
KRJerry
Jerry Mahurin
Lugoff, SC
e-mail: krje...@bellsouth.net
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Jerry Mahurin
Lugoff, SC
e-mail: krje...@bellsouth.net
Website: http://KR-Builder.org
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We are not usin
My thoughts were piano hinge on top of stainless steel firewall on top of
plywood. The pop rivet would go through the piano hinge, through the SS
firewall then into the plywood firewall. If this is an incorrect way, I will
use #4 x 3/4" wood screws. Thoughts.
Mark Jones (N886MJ)
Wales, WI US
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My thoughts were piano hinge on top of stainless steel firewall on top of
plywood. The
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My thoughts were piano hinge on top of stainless steel fi
Mark,
The problem with going into the plywood with rivets.
The wood will splinter when you squeeze the rivet
without a back-up. However, you could back-up the
plywood by placing an angle or a flat doubler behind
the plywood to make a sandwich. That way you don't
have the end of the rivet unsuppo
Scott, et al,
..the mounting screws for the cowl attachment will be going around
the edge of the firewall/bulkhead. You can't get in behind there to put in
backing plates or even washers for that matter. However, It is a good idea
though to use backing plates, with blind nuts, for mount
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