---------------------------------------------------------- RV8-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 11/05/07: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 06:22 AM - Re: Re: RV8 Canopy Gluing procedure (DONKEYVET@aol.com) 2. 10:03 AM - Re: Re: RV8 Canopy Gluing procedure (japhillipsga@aol.com) 3. 12:07 PM - Re: Re: RV8 Canopy Gluing procedure (DONKEYVET@aol.com) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:22:19 AM PST US From: DONKEYVET@aol.com Subject: Re: RV8-List: Re: RV8 Canopy Gluing procedure Hi Bill, No...our canopy skirt is on the outside of the canopy like everyone elses. What we did was to place a piece of tape (masking...electrical can stain it) coming up from the hole drilled in the canopy. A line is drawn on the tape leading to the hole. A mark is made on the line exactly 2 inches from the hole (or one inch, as long as you know the distance). You can then mark it on the skirt as you're hold it on the canopy by projecting the now partially covered line 2 inches to mark the skirt where the hole would lie under it. Hard to describe unless you see it but it works great. We started with small holes and then expanded them. The problem we had originally was a rivet expanded in the plexiglass after it was unable to get a grip in the hole we drilled in the frame. I don't know the drimmel part number (discarded box) but it is about a 1 1/4 inch diam disk that comes already attached to a mandrel. It has holes in it around the perimeter of the disk. It was very expensive ($20 ish) but is very durable. It was made by drimmel. Hope that helps! Dennis ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 10:03:18 AM PST US Subject: Re: RV8-List: Re: RV8 Canopy Gluing procedure From: japhillipsga@aol.com Dennis, I'm sorry I just can't picture what you did. I thought with the glue you did not drill any holes in the canopy? But you can certainly drill and screw or pull rivet the bottom of the skirt to the frame. Did you just glue the top edge of the skirt to the outside of the canopy ? I'm a bit confused. Maybe I could visualize it with a photo. Thanks, Bill? -----Original Message----- From: DONKEYVET@aol.com Sent: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 9:21 am Subject: Re: RV8-List: Re: RV8 Canopy Gluing procedure Hi Bill, ? No...our canopy skirt is on the outside of the canopy like everyone elses. What we did was to place a piece of tape (masking...electrical can stain it) coming up from the hole drilled in the canopy. A line is drawn on the tape leading to the hole. A mark is made on the?line exactly 2 inches from?the hole?(or one inch, as long as you know the distance). You can then mark it on the skirt as you're hold it on the canopy by projecting the now partially covered line 2 inches to mark the skirt where the hole would lie under it. Hard to describe unless you see it but it works great. We started with small holes and then expanded them. The problem we had originally was a?rivet expanded in the plexiglass after it was unable to get a grip in the hole we drilled in the frame. ? I don't know the drimmel part number (discarded box) but it is about a ?1 1/4 inch diam disk that comes already attached to a mandrel. It has holes in it around the perimeter of the disk. It was very expensive ($20 ish) but is very durable. It was made by drimmel. ? Hope that helps! ? Dennis See what's new ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 12:07:47 PM PST US From: DONKEYVET@aol.com Subject: Re: RV8-List: Re: RV8 Canopy Gluing procedure I'll send you a private message with my phone number. 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