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icrashrc
Joined: 16 Mar 2006
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Location: Mishawaka, In
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 Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 11:14 pm Post subject: Stainless steel tangs |
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In the manual for my M3X it says to drill the cable tang out to 1/4" on the cable attach end. It looks like the fit of the cable thimble is better before drilling.
I've looked thru a bunch of pictures i've taken of other peoples planes but that level of detail is hard to find. I'm sure the M3X Kolb had (at) Sun-n-Fun last year did not have the tangs drilled. I'm resonably sure at least one other plane i have pics of does have the tangs drilled to 1/4".
What has everyone else done? Drilled or not?
Thanks!
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Steve Boetto
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:48 am Post subject: Stainless steel tangs |
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Bryan at Custom air tells me that the old tangs were 3/16 and needed to be drilled out. However the new tangs are 7/32. So yu are right and wrong. I would drill out to 7/32 not 1/4.
Steve FF 007
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icrashrc
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 11:49 am Post subject: Re: Stainless steel tangs |
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Steve,
Thanks, you saved me a phone call to Bryan as i was going to call him this afternoon. My tangs are 3/16 now so they need to be drilled. I also received a message back channel saying they need to be drilled. I guess it's time to break out the carbide and do a little drilling.
Scott
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Steve Boetto
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 5:14 pm Post subject: Stainless steel tangs |
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Scott,
They are pretty easy to drill, Just make sure to clamp it down good, they have a habit of grabbing the bit.
Steve
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ElleryWeld(at)aol.com
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:05 pm Post subject: Stainless steel tangs |
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They drill pretty good with a real sharp Good quality Unibit also and they dont grab as bad as a drill bit
Just another option for yea
Ellery
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biglar
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:32 pm Post subject: Stainless steel tangs |
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Yup ! ! ! For drilling thin metal, or fairly thick for that matter, I haven't found anything that cuts as smoothly as a unibit, or leaves such a nicely finished hole. With care, it'll even leave it chamfered for ya. Keep it in the plastic sleeve between uses. The cutting edges chip easily. Lar.
Larry Bourne
Santa Fe, NM
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