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Offline DavidA

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Things you should have checked first.
« on: March 10, 2011, 11:00:11 AM »
So,  the instructions said 'drill the frames No 41 for 3/32" soft iron rivets'.
So I did.  By the way,  I'm talking about the frames for my Fowler4f. I did this some months ago.
Today,  having finally made all the axle block horns and fitted them to the frames, I decided to drill through and rivet them in place. 

This is when I found out what I should have done first. I should have bought the rivets before drilling the holes in the frames.

My No 41 drill measures 0.0967" . The rivets measure 0.0937"  Equals a sloppy fit.

No 42 comes in at 0.0925" ,  Much better. So that's what I used to drill the horns.

Lesson;  don't take every thing that the 'old masters' (Don Young in this case) say as gospel. Buy and measure your rivets first.

Dave.