>> Staples in ribs
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 1999 12:40 pm
Original Posted By: Keith Hodge
>I've heard it both ways. I used staples for light clamping pressure with >t-88, then pulled the staples and pilot drilled w/#65 drill bit, then used >nails.>>Lastly, if you staple, a good way is to put a narrow 050, or 035 shim under >the stapler, then staple. That way the staple doesn't go all the way in and >it's easier to pull out after the gussets set up.>>>>From: "Craig L.Hanson" >>Reply-To: Pietenpol Discussion >>To: Pietenpol Discussion >>Subject: Staples in ribs>>Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 21:58:09 -0500>>>>I seen alot of ribs made with small steel or simular material left in the >>ribs. I also seen at Brodhead a fuse. that had the same kind of staples. >>I was told that these had to be taken out before the wood was varnished. >>When I asked at Oshkosh and Brodhead why they were left in the answer was >>that when you varnish over them they would not rust. Is there any comments >>on this?>>Craig Hanson> An aircraft mechanic told me once that you should staple through a pieceof cardboard. When you remove the staple, you wind up gouging the cardboard,not the piece of wood you're glueing to. the cardboard can then bepeeledaway, and if any gets left behind, it can be sanded down.________________________________________________________________________________
>I've heard it both ways. I used staples for light clamping pressure with >t-88, then pulled the staples and pilot drilled w/#65 drill bit, then used >nails.>>Lastly, if you staple, a good way is to put a narrow 050, or 035 shim under >the stapler, then staple. That way the staple doesn't go all the way in and >it's easier to pull out after the gussets set up.>>>>From: "Craig L.Hanson" >>Reply-To: Pietenpol Discussion >>To: Pietenpol Discussion >>Subject: Staples in ribs>>Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 21:58:09 -0500>>>>I seen alot of ribs made with small steel or simular material left in the >>ribs. I also seen at Brodhead a fuse. that had the same kind of staples. >>I was told that these had to be taken out before the wood was varnished. >>When I asked at Oshkosh and Brodhead why they were left in the answer was >>that when you varnish over them they would not rust. Is there any comments >>on this?>>Craig Hanson> An aircraft mechanic told me once that you should staple through a pieceof cardboard. When you remove the staple, you wind up gouging the cardboard,not the piece of wood you're glueing to. the cardboard can then bepeeledaway, and if any gets left behind, it can be sanded down.________________________________________________________________________________