Tools

Going to build an airplane? Here are some of the tools you will need to acquire.

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More rivet related tools. A rivet fan allows you to quickly lay out and space a line of holes. The tool in the middle is a rivet cutter. You use it to trim the length of rivets, if needed. The tape is rivet tape. The middle portion of the tape has no adhesive. You can use the tape to hold the rivets in place while back riveting. Pin punches at the bottom are used to remove drilled out rivets.

$Drill bits galore. The drill index at the top I got at Costco years ago. It has all of the numbered, fractional and A-Z sizes. I've got 2 different types of micro-stop countersinks. The one in the case came from Avery Tools. The other countersink bit set has interchangeable inserts for the hole size, and it comes with different countersink angle bits in 87, 100 and 120 degrees. A unibit in the center and some hole saws. The little springy things on the left are to keep the drill bits from going too far into the hole you are drilling. Along the bottom are some 12 inch long bits for getting to areas that are too tight for a drill motor to get into.$