Aircraft sheet metal work

[Richard Woods]

Hi all,

I wondered if anybody had any good links or book recommendations on this topic? I'm in the enthusiastic amateur category when it comes to stuff like this - I can just about hold my own with mild steel due to playing with old cars, but want to get better at fabrication. I want to expand my own skills and need a starting point to learn more.

I've seen the impressive work that goes into some of the projects on here, as well as replica cockpits and the like. Gary Austin's old posts regarding the B24 and Hot-rod were extremely helpful, but I need more! So... I would appreciate some pointers to get me started. I'm looking for idiots guides to rivetting, what kind of tools I should be acquiring, that sort of thing.

Any help would be appreciated!

Regards,

Rich

[ZRX61]

"How to do aircraft sheet metal work" by Norcross & Quinn
http://www.lindsaybks.com/bks3/airc/index.html

More here:
http://www.lindsaybks.com/prod/sub/machine.html



Hmm.. just found this:
http://www.lindsaybks.com/dgjp/djgbk/sh ... index.html

[Richard Woods]

Awesome stuff! Just the kind of thing I was after.

Many thanks.

Rich

[Cvairwerks]

Rich: Also look up http://www.tinmantech.com for some good stuff. Kent does some really nice work and has some great videos. There are a number of clips of him doing things out on Youtube also. I've got his video on homebrew hydroforming and it's very interesting. I'm going to order his videos on the English wheel next. Kent also does workshops at his place and has done a couple now up in Alaska too.