Check out these Bad Larry's!

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:15 pm

I whipped up a couple of tie down holders (per plans) tonight!

They should hold my stainless tie down rings fairly securely while stowed, huh?

CJ

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:37 pm

Bad Larry's?

Looks good! I made a custom holder for mine in another location...pics coming soon.

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:43 pm

YAH! You never heard of a Bad Larry?

Kids...

CJ

P.S. Lookin' forward to seein' your pics!

Womack2005 · Post by **Womack2005** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:30 pm

Alright CJ, I'll bite: What the H**l is a Bad Larry??

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:31 pm

Ok Chad, cough it up and post some photos. I need to do mine and if ya have a good idea I might want to copy it.

If not I'll just do the standard ones.

Bad Larry's? Must be an eastern thing.

weezbad · Post by **weezbad** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:39 pm

cool capn.
i have the blocks laid out for two years noW. i guess i should make them the next time i get torqued with the wires....10 more miles of wire to go.

ps for those of you with open baggage floors PUT IN SOME PLATE NUTS FOR AFFIXING ADEL CLAMPS IN THE TUNNEL TWO UP FRON ONE IN THE BACK X EACH SIDE. YOU CAN TIP ME LATER

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:31 pm

JohnR wrote:Ok Chad, cough it up and post some photos. I need to do mine and if ya have a good idea I might want to copy it. If not I'll just do the standard ones.

Hehehe...the pics are out there already...just gotta know where to look!

Here's the pic again...this was done back on Halloween...booga-booga!

While not in use to tie the airplane to the ground, they will be screwed in this spot to double as cloths hangers...

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:40 am

Willie Wees, I already put those platenuts in and riveted the floors down. Thanks and I will still buy you a beer!

Willie Wo, A BL is just a really funny name for something that ummmm... I dunno. It is fiction!

Chad, cool idea!

CJ

dynamicjohn · Post by **dynamicjohn** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:37 am

I'm not a -7 biulder, not even a -anything builder yet, but... For those who ar kicking themselves for not doing that already and have put that down already, would a rivnut work?
Rivnut pullers are kinda expensive to buy if you only need it once or twice, but for those who already have a blind rivet hand squeezer, you can buy a mandrel for a maybe a dollar and can use that to install rivnuts.
I bought a $130+ tool to install one rivnut on a KingAir

and when I opened the box, its just a pop rivet gun with five or six mandrels (for different sizes)
Many probably have known that a rivnut might work and/or about those tools. But for those who don't... now you do.
-catfish

TomC · Post by **TomC** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:19 pm

Chad,

When you're building these, I hope you're not complaining about the price of avgas

Oh sorry! Wrong Thread!

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:23 pm

TomC wrote:Chad,

When you're building these, I hope you're not complaining about the price of avgas Oh sorry! Wrong Thread!

Well...I get a discount here at home...when that discount price gets to the retail level, then I MIGHT say something...or, I may just buy mogas!

weezbad · Post by **weezbad** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:40 pm

dynamicjohn wrote:I'm not a -7 biulder, not even a -anything builder yet, but... For those who ar kicking themselves for not doing that already and have put that down already, would a rivnut work?
Rivnut pullers are kinda expensive to buy if you only need it once or twice, but for those who already have a blind rivet hand squeezer, you can buy a mandrel for a maybe a dollar and can use that to install rivnuts.
I bought a $130+ tool to install one rivnut on a KingAir and when I opened the box, its just a pop rivet gun with five or six mandrels (for different sizes)
Many probably have known that a rivnut might work and/or about those tools. But for those who don't... now you do.
-catfish

riv nut is an option and i have an installer but i want self locking and if i put locktite on it then it will possibly turn if i ever want to take it off for maint. still may use it. i am really picky on stuff in the flight controls area. dont want no stick on stuff for sure. even though the good stuff (3M)
holds body side molding on for years in an extreme range of temps. just wont bet my lif on it.

dynamicjohn · Post by **dynamicjohn** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:53 pm

the 'good' rivnuts have the notch on them, so if you're turning the rivnut, you're tearing sheetmetal. and there are locking rivnuts. That's all I have ever used were notched locking rivnuts (contersunk mostly, come to think of it). Have to get them though an aircraft supplier I think. I went to Fastenal because I needed one in a hurry. Ordered exact Mil- number I needed. I got the 'equilvent' a steel (not aluminum) non-notched crap thing that looked nothing like a aircraft rivnut. Fastenal swore it would work. Needless to say I waited and got an aircraft rivnut.
-catfish

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:57 pm

Do rivnuts come in 3/8" - 16?

I know platenuts don't.

CJ

TomNativeNewYorker · Post by **TomNativeNewYorker** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:12 pm

captain_john wrote:Do rivnuts come in 3/8" - 16?

Yeah, found a lot of rivnut information here http://www.bollhoff.com/web/usa/en/web. ... ex_us.html

dynamicjohn · Post by **dynamicjohn** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:41 am

Some Excellent info on that site. I had to bookmark it for future reference. Some people may consider this act to be nerdy. Those people never built anything.
-catfish

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:48 am

...and the finshed product with the stainless ring installed!

Looks a'nice!

CJ

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:07 am

Is the stainless ring a hardware store buy? Nice!

BSwayze · Post by **BSwayze** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:20 pm

I was wondering the same thing, CJ... where'd you get those rings? How much were they, if you don't mind?

1:1_Scale · Post by **1:1_Scale** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:14 pm

I just happened to be in the market for some SS eye bolts, and came across this place online: http://www.mmsacc-stainless.com The local hardware store had some for $1.3x, Lowes had them for something like $.88, and this place had them for $1.18. When I called, the person on the phone let me know that all of their eye bolts were made in the U.S., I'm sure the ones at Lowes are made in that large country in Asia