holes in Lexan

[Murray & Carol]

Hello

I'm making the windows. The manual says to drill to # 30 and rivet with 1410's. Should the lexan holes be oversized, drilled to 3/16 before riveting as suggested in the preamble to working with lexan.

Just a yes or no from someone please.

I thank you in advance,

Murray Cherkas
REBEL 505

[Wayne G. O'Shea]

Suffered a "Brain Fart" on that one. Should have said I always drill up to 5/32nd and not the declared 9/64ths!!! Guess it's time for bed!

Wayne

----- Original Message ----- From: Wayne G. O'Shea (oifa@irishfield.on.ca)
To: murphy-rebel@dcsol.com (murphy-rebel@dcsol.com)
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 11:30 PM
Subject: Re: holes in Lexan



Never gone to that extreme (ie:3/16) for an 1/8" rivet, but you MUST always open up by at least a drill size or two after final fitting (or it will crack within a short period of time). I usually drill everything to fit as an assembly at #30 and then disassemble and updrill the lexan (against a wood backing) to 9/64ths. I assume you are also using an aluminum doubler (if doing the rear windows/skylights) so the lexan gets sandwiched between the two pieces of aluminum, so the rivet is not expanding into the lexan.

Cheers,
Wayne G. O'Shea
www.irishfield.on.ca

----- Original Message -----
From: Murray & Carol (cherkas@shaw.ca)
To: murphy-rebel@dcsol.com (murphy-rebel@dcsol.com)
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 11:21 PM
Subject: holes in Lexan


Hello

I'm making the windows. The manual says to drill to # 30 and rivet with 1410's. Should the lexan holes be oversized, drilled to 3/16 before riveting as suggested in the preamble to working with lexan.

Just a yes or no from someone please.

I thank you in advance,

Murray Cherkas
REBEL 505

[Wayne G. O'Shea]

Never gone to that extreme (ie:3/16) for an 1/8" rivet, but you MUST always open up by at least a drill size or two after final fitting (or it will crack within a short period of time). I usually drill everything to fit as an assembly at #30 and then disassemble and updrill the lexan (against a wood backing) to 9/64ths. I assume you are also using an aluminum doubler (if doing the rear windows/skylights) so the lexan gets sandwiched between the two pieces of aluminum, so the rivet is not expanding into the lexan.

Cheers,
Wayne G. O'Shea
www.irishfield.on.ca

----- Original Message -----
From: Murray & Carol (cherkas@shaw.ca)
To: murphy-rebel@dcsol.com (murphy-rebel@dcsol.com)
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 11:21 PM
Subject: holes in Lexan


Hello

I'm making the windows. The manual says to drill to # 30 and rivet with 1410's. Should the lexan holes be oversized, drilled to 3/16 before riveting as suggested in the preamble to working with lexan.

Just a yes or no from someone please.

I thank you in advance,

Murray Cherkas
REBEL 505

[brian amendala]

3/16 holes should work just fine. Our doors are completely lexan and all
drilled to 3/16. Same with our four skylights. The only thing to make sure
and remember is to use a metal doubler on the other side of the rivet.
Small washers seemed to work the best for us. Have Fun!! Brian

From: Murray & Carol <cherkas@shaw.ca>
Reply-To: <murphy-rebel@dcsol.com>
To: murphy-rebel@dcsol.com
Subject: holes in Lexan
Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 21:21:32 -0600

Hello

I'm making the windows. The manual says to drill to # 30 and rivet with
1410's. Should the lexan holes be oversized, drilled to 3/16 before
riveting as suggested in the preamble to working with lexan.

Just a yes or no from someone please.

I thank you in advance,

Murray Cherkas
REBEL 505

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[Shira Ellsworth]

Here's a new thought for you.
WE used rivnuts with #8-32 screws, on the sides,
and on the bottom of the fiberglass mold,
that way you can take the windshield off a lot
easier, if or when you ever need too.

Shira Ellsworth
#628R

----- Original Message -----
From: "brian amendala" <n667ba@hotmail.com>
To: <murphy-rebel@dcsol.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 12:57 AM
Subject: Re: holes in Lexan

3/16 holes should work just fine. Our doors are completely lexan and all
drilled to 3/16. Same with our four skylights. The only thing to make

sure

and remember is to use a metal doubler on the other side of the rivet.
Small washers seemed to work the best for us. Have Fun!! Brian

From: Murray & Carol <cherkas@shaw.ca>
Reply-To: <murphy-rebel@dcsol.com>
To: murphy-rebel@dcsol.com
Subject: holes in Lexan
Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 21:21:32 -0600

Hello

I'm making the windows. The manual says to drill to # 30 and rivet with
1410's. Should the lexan holes be oversized, drilled to 3/16 before
riveting as suggested in the preamble to working with lexan.

Just a yes or no from someone please.

I thank you in advance,

Murray Cherkas
REBEL 505

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