I would say quickly touching the rivet seat with a 100 degree deburring tool. Not so much as to remove a TON of metal, just enough to seat the rivet. George Orndorf demonstrates that very technique in his RV6 series of construction videos. It really does allow the rivet to seat just a tad better. Sl...

Wonder if you could load the proseal into a caulking gun tube and lay a bead with it. This is exactly the way proseal is delivered from a Semco sealant gun. An array of interchangable tubes and nozzles are available that make much easier work of all your fillet and fay sealing needs. Check eBay, th...

I'm about to disassemble everything for deburring, dimpling, priming, etc and was wondering what is the best way to mark parts for orientation, etc. The plans say it is OK to scribe - any specific tool? How much is too much? Anyone have any pictures or anything? Thomas Intuitively, you would think ...

Rick-Does it matter what size the hole is for the dimple die? The instructions doesn't specify a diameter. I made the hole approximately 3/4" to accomodate the widest diameter on the assembly on the bottom of the C-frame that accepts a dimple die. I chose to make it a rather snuggish fit so that th...

Has anyone built the C-Frame table from the Cleaveland plans? Just curious what type of wood to use for a top and what kind of carpet works best for the covering. I built the Cleaveland design and glad I did. I just glued and screwed cheap white pine together topped with plywood and covered with a ...

What's the best technique for enlarging already drilled holes? For example, the holes for the center hinge bracket on the HS need to be enlarged to #12. I progressively stepped up the size but still got some "chatter" when starting the #12 hole. Also, what makes the bit get stuck in these situation...