I took the task to the next level backwards and used an antique
carpenters hand crank drill . Worked great but made for some tired
muscles!
Craig
A205
>I took an approach similar to Mike Gamble's, except I just did it with
>a 1 foot
>long drill bit. It is easily flexible enough to make it possible to
>drill at
>right angles to the W18's at any height you want. You could easily
>drill all
>the way down flush with the bottom surface if you needed to. It works
>great
>because it is flexible enough to do the job, and rigid enough to not
>wobble.
>
> Jeff
>
>Fergus Kyle wrote:
>
>> "Incidentally I used a flexible drive on my B&D (which was itself
>mounted on
>> a block of wood) to drill the holes in W18's etc. This allowed me to
>drill
>> horizontally as close as 1/2" to the wing surface."
>> (Mike Gamble)
>> Cheers,
>> I couldn't get AS to send me their close-tolerance 90deg
>drill
>> head kit after asking twice so turned to another device to get the
>W18s
>> drilled sufficiently close to the wing surface - 1/2inch.
>> I bought a WOLF electric drill extension which has a
>rubber
>> handle at the end to hold the drill bit. I ground the handle down to
>a flat
>> exactly 1/2inch from centreline and slid that along the wing to
>drill the
>> W18. The holes came out perfectly parallel to. and correct distance
>from.
>> the wing surface. The unattainable drill kit was US$80 or
>thereabout
>> (CAN$125 plus taxes), the drill extender about CAN$40 all in.
>> Happy landings
>> Ferg
>> A064
>>
>>
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