Build Log April 2025
April 11th, 2025
Received drill bits.
April 10th, 2025
At the start of this project, I bought the Zenith “Complete Tool Kit with Air Drill”.
https://www.zenithair.co/zenithstore/product/complete-tool-kit-with-air-drill/
It comes with #20, #30, and #40 drill bits. Unfortunately, these bits are all very short, so they aren’t long enough to work around some parts. The kit also lacks a #12 drill bit, which is needed on some parts that aren’t drilled out. Despite the claim on Zenith’s Super Duty web page that “Our newest kits offer final hole size match-drilled parts, ready to assemble right out of the box”, there is lots of drilling to be done with this kit. Unfortunately, they don’t list which holes need to be enlarged, defeating the purpose of “final hole size”, since you can’t know a priori whether you have something lined up wrong, or they didn’t drill it out correctly. Reading other builders’ logs, this is a long standing issue (4+ years) with Zenith’s Super Duty kit.
I ordered some drill bits. These are “wire guage” and 6" long:
https://drillsandcutters.com/12-x-6-cobalt-aircraft-extension-drill-bit/
https://drillsandcutters.com/20-x-6-cobalt-aircraft-extension-drill-bit/
https://drillsandcutters.com/30-x-6-cobalt-aircraft-extension-drill-bit/
https://drillsandcutters.com/40-x-6-cobalt-aircraft-extension-drill-bit/
Robert Heller sent me his edits/corrections to the IPL. His build log is available here:
Changed docs build to not use Python Poetry.