---------------------------------------------------------- RV9-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 07/12/04: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 09:53 AM - Re: Am I the only one who... (Phil Birkelbach) 2. 10:59 AM - Re: Am I the only one who... (Gerry Filby) 3. 03:03 PM - Re: Am I the only one who... (DThomas773@aol.com) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 09:53:11 AM PST US From: "Phil Birkelbach" Subject: Re: RV9-List: Am I the only one who... --> RV9-List message posted by: "Phil Birkelbach" Don't have one, and don't want one. Only one more skin to go. Godspeed, Phil Birkelbach ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Repucci" Subject: RV9-List: Am I the only one who... > --> RV9-List message posted by: "Bill Repucci" > > is building an RV without a pneumatic rivet squeezer? Just curious as > I'm about to start riveting up my flaps by hand. > > Do you think it is possible for Van's to design in more rivets than he > did? I'm starting to think that 1/2 the RV empty weight is rivets. > > Ok, enough complaining, time to get back in the basement. > > Bill R. > RV-9 > SN: 90737 > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 10:59:41 AM PST US Subject: Re: RV9-List: Am I the only one who... From: Gerry Filby --> RV9-List message posted by: Gerry Filby I splashed out and I'm glad I did. However, you can mess up with a pneumatic squeezer just as easily as you can with a hand one or the rivet gun - and you can mess up a lot more quickly. The consistency of the results is very satisfying though. g > > --> RV9-List message posted by: "Phil Birkelbach" > > Don't have one, and don't want one. Only one more skin to go. > > Godspeed, > > Phil Birkelbach > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Repucci" > To: > Subject: RV9-List: Am I the only one who... > > > > --> RV9-List message posted by: "Bill Repucci" > > > > is building an RV without a pneumatic rivet squeezer? Just curious as > > I'm about to start riveting up my flaps by hand. > > > > Do you think it is possible for Van's to design in more rivets than he > > did? I'm starting to think that 1/2 the RV empty weight is rivets. > > > > Ok, enough complaining, time to get back in the basement. > > > > Bill R. > > RV-9 > > SN: 90737 > > > > > > > > > > > -- ========================================================== Gerry Filby gerf@gerf.com Home: 415 239 4846 Cell: 415 203 9177 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 03:03:23 PM PST US From: DThomas773@aol.com Subject: Re: RV9-List: Am I the only one who... --> RV9-List message posted by: DThomas773@aol.com Bill, I have an old, much used one I would sell cheap. Dennis Thomas Done building