From: "John Gospodarek" <John.Gospodarek@...>
Date: Sunday, May 9, 2004 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: Bug wing mounting block
Date: Sunday, May 9, 2004 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: Bug wing mounting block
I like to drill out a large hole (with a smaller opening below) and
set in a nylon nut. It is easy to set with goop around the edges. No
more hassle and never strips out.
John
--- In BugHLG@yahoogroups.com, "oldtalorcraft" <oldtalorcraft@y...>
wrote:
> I had problems drilling a straight hole for my wing hold down
screw.I
> dont have a drill press and the bit would always wander around.The
> hole would be wallowed out or off center.( I do have sharp bits
but I
> think most of the problem is that the wood grain would draw the
bit
> one way or another)I also hate drilling things blind.If you have
> epoxied the block in, and you mess it up,good luck! So I cut the
1/4
> by 1/4 block to length and then soak the end for the hole with
thin
> CA.It will soak up quite a bit, this makes the end like plastic
and
> the bit will "ignore" the grain and go straight in.I hold the
block
> in a vise or tack glue it to my work bench to drill it.I also
pilot
> drill it first with a 1/16 bit, this makes the final #43 hole
slighty
> smaller in diameter due to less wandering and that means more
thread
> and a tighter hold down screw. Last I put the screw through the
wing
> bolt hole and set the wing on the fuse and mark the fuse sides
where
> the screw goes in and then epoxy the block in where it lines up
with
> the marks I made. Rob