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Does everyone get a turn?

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Seems that last night was mine.

I spent the evening setting up the form block to hammer the flanges for the second set of 23 nose ribs last night. Not much too it. I had already routed the radius of the formblock. All that really needed to be done was flip it over and put the backer form block on the other side. Easy right?

As I put the first blank in and started tightening the bolts to hold the rib in place whilst I hammered. The darn bolts kept spinning, and wouldn't tighten up.

I'll fix that.

I took a hammer and gave the bolt heads a few good whacks to set them into the formblock a bit. When they didn't move much initially, I gave them a few really good whacks until they set deep enough into the wood. :smash:
I reasoned that it would let me tighten the bolts without needing a wrench on both ends.

What I forgot about was the drill bushings that were in the formblock. By hammering the bolt head and sinking it into the wood of the form block. I had inadvertantly driven the drill bushings into the rib.

The result was some nicely flanged 1/4 inch holes. :bang:

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Post by cjensen »

YEP! We all get a turn...and again...and again...and again... :bang:

Time to walk away, and throw back a cold one! :drink: :beer:
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Post by papakeith »

nope I walked away and had a nice slice of freshly baked strawberry-rhubarb pie.

It helped ease the pain :lol: :grin:
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Make that apple and I will come down and screw up a rib for ya. Heck if there's a better deal than that I haven't seen it!

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Post by captain_john »

HA! It is a humbling experience, isn't it!?!

Are those 1/4" holes a "showstopper"? Can you work around them or do ya hafta throw stuff away?

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Post by prestwich »

PK, PK, PK, :no: Screw-ups are part of the territory. But those pies are the reason you're not building an RV. :wink:

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Those aren't screw ups, they are pratice parts! 8) I know I have several of them. :oops:
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Post by papakeith »

but, but, it's PIE!!! :wink:

Our strawberry season started Saturday. By Saturday night my wife had two pies made. One went to her work. We kept 1/2 of the other and gave 1/2 to my parents.

It could have been worse, we could have kept both pies! :roll:

as to my flanged holes: I can work around those 1/4 holes. One of them is just a pilot hole for a lightening hole so it will be gone soon anyway. Thankfully that is also the one that I hammered the hardest. The other is a jig pin hole and is only slightly belled.
I'll ask the designer, but I don't think it should be an issue. (listen to me 1 month in, and I'm an expert on structural integrity!)
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Post by Lorin Dueck »

PK -

That 2nd pie is just waiting for your next screw-up.
If you're like me... "Dessert's a comin"

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