Photo of the drawing for the T-1205 bracket with
hardware callouts.
Page 37-02 of the plans show the rivet holes in the T-1205 bracket that need to be machine countersunk … which is essentially the lower row of rivet holes and the nut plate mounting holes. The plans also say to “Machine countersink the #30 holes on the forward side of the T-1205 Fwd Tank Bracket called out in Figure 4 to fit the heads of the rivets called out on Page 37-03, Figure 1”. Nowhere in the instructions nor in section 5 (where the rivet chart resides) does it tell the builder what the rivet’s head angle is. CAUTION: THEY ARE NOT THE SAME! And a potential gotcha. Admittedly, this is not that big of a deal since everything will be slathered in fuel tank sealant anyway, but it would have been nice to mention the difference in the first place so the rivets fit as best as possible. This almost slipped by me but I was taking a close look at the two rivets and realized the head profiles were slightly different between the two. Verified using online sources … in this case, Google was my friend.
Fellow builders beware: The heads on the CR3212-4-4 rivets are 100 degrees and require the use of a #30-100 degree countersink bit. However, the heads on the AK-42H rivets are 120 degrees and, as such, require the use of a #30-120 degree countersink bit.
After the last of the rivet holes in the T-1205 bracket that receive CR-3212-4-4 rivets was countersunk, switched over to the other countersink cage outfitted with the #30-120 degree countersinking bit and finished countersinking the remaining rivet holes that receive the 120 degree AK-42H rivets.
Completed machine countersinking of the T-1205
fuel tank bracket.
