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racaldwell wrote:For a new installation on my mixer, I am going to use #1 taper pins. What length is needed?

I am not near the parts until the end of the week or I would measure them.

TIA,
Rick
Xenos 0057

Rick - see if this helps. Eric Seber wrote it up. I used taper pins in my Sonex and have been happy with the results.

http://www.sonexfoundation.com/uploads/ ... lation.pdf

Somewhere out in Sonexland is the reamer available for loan....

Last I saw, Bill Volcko had it.
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I sent it to Spaceman
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I started to ruin my tailspring mount yesterday installing a #2 taper pin. This is to replace the AN4 bolt the plans call out. I was reaming the hole with a #1 taper pin reamer by hand. I noticed even with the mount in a vice that my hand twisting movement allowed the reamer to take more material from the steel tube than the titanium rod. I was wallowing out the top hole in the tube and soon would have created another part for my scrap pile. I stopped and jigged the tailspring mount in my mini-mill. This worked great by keeping down pressure on the reamer while turning with no unintentional side movement. Results were great Here are a couple of pictures.

Rick
Xenos 0057

When the taper pin is fitted correctly, I cut off the excess with a Dremel tool and cut off wheel.

Sonex1517 wrote:Eric Seber documented this process here:

http://www.sonexfoundation.com/uploads/Seber_Taper_Pin_Installation.pdf

Somewhere in the community is a taper pin reamer available as a loaner - last I knew it was in the hands of Bryan Cotton, but I think he loaned it to someone.

Does anyone have the new link to this document or the PDF they can post. Keep getting document can’t be found.

Thanks

Does anyone have the new link to this document or the PDF they can post. Keep getting document can’t be found.

I found a copy on the "Wayback Machine" at:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200110043 ... lation.pdf

gammaxy wrote:

Does anyone have the new link to this document or the PDF they can post. Keep getting document can’t be found.

I found a copy on the "Wayback Machine" at:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200110043 ... lation.pdf

Thanks for this. Appreciate you taking the time.

Mark