While assembling my first plane with wing bolts I found that they dig into my fingers. If necessity is the mother of invention, laziness and alleviation of discomfort must surely be the father. I can't be the first person to think of this...

NO your not I have done the same thing.

Some wing bolts have dome shaped slotted heads for use with a standard screwdriver, while others have nut shaped heads for use with a socket tool, or have a centre hex shaped slot for use with an Allen key.

Karol

The tool below is invaluable as it perfoms the solution to the problem you have already found and it also will assist you as you build more planes.


[link]http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXK356&P=ML[/link]

Then there's this type, which is what I have. The bolt from the top looks roughly like this:



The centre, light gray part is raised approximately 3/8" from the circular plate below.

Nice homemade tool dude! Jon

I've never seen that type but I think you created an excellent solution.

Thanks!