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Temperature changes while building

Started this discussion. Last reply by Narfi Nov 23, 2020. 5 Replies

I have read and been told that you need controlled temperatures when drilling and riveting to produce good clean skins and surfaces.How critical is this?I am scratch building in a shelter logic tent…Continue

 

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Temperature changes while building

I have read and been told that you need controlled temperatures when drilling and riveting to produce good clean skins and surfaces.How critical is this?I am scratch building in a shelter logic tent in Alaska with working temps of 10-30f in the winter (colder than 10 and my hands get too cold so I stay inside) and and in the summer 50-60s at night and up in the low 100s with the greenhouse affect in the afternoons.If I drill and rivet wings or control surfaces together with the temps…See More
Nov 20, 2020
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