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07-02-12, 11:27
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Richard
I heard about one that demolished a shed, when it blew.
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07-02-12, 22:59
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fair play to you richie for having a go at riveting your hull, it's a shame you couldn't get more done before the compressor blew but at least you have time to take in any lessons learned.
good luck with it rick
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07-02-12, 23:25
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Richie, Great job! How many do you have to go? I think I will order a set of snaps through you too. There are some rivets missing on my carrier.
You make it look easy so I will have a go at it. Keep up the work, only 5 months to Beltring! Cheers mate,
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07-02-12, 23:29
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Richard, I understand your pain. I was once in the backroom of my local scuba drive shop while the comp was spooling up to replentish the holding storage tanks. One of the PRDs let go (pressure relief device) on one tank...
Can you say cleanup in aisle 5.... I think I almost s**t my pants! BTW, great work on the carrier. I must have driven past that one a dozen or so times in Fergus over the years. 
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08-02-12, 13:30
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Chris i would love to know a bit about my carriers history.. all i know is that Rob bought it from an elderly chap for spares... it then sat outside his house for seven years until i got it.
I know it was in use by the forrestry firm as a log skidder. Marc. The rivetting is not that hard however you need to be crucial with Setting allowances and heat... i bought my rivets from Sapphire products and they worked out my setting allowances based on material thickness (armour) when you come to set you need the snap square on and then fire... i then finished off by rotating the snap around the edge of the rivet which pollishes it off. if you find the head of the rivet sheers (sets off to one side of the hole) your setting allowance is too long if you find the head of the rivet is a small ball.... your setting allowance is too short (see my pics) heat the rivet until it is just about to sparkle but not beyond that otherwise the rivet will fail.
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29-02-12, 22:15
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well finally got the compressor up and running....Mark came around and was the block man.. we managed to get one side of the carrier buttoned up in a few hours.
as promised i took a video of us setting a rivet for you to laugh at. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBXa...UbW9bax7fk3uPL   a quick question... the drivers side armour... the longer rifle rest, are the two middle holes riveted or bolted ? i have rivetted the outer ones but left the middle... can anyone advise ?  well more riveting to come as and when a block man is available
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29-02-12, 22:42
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the reason i ask is i think there is a bracket which holds the actuator cable for the smoke discharger which runs under the angle.
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