Monday, March 10, 2014

Riveting the main spar

Clecoed together the spar with the steel parts just to make sure the bolts would go in right. Then I removed the steel.

Started riveting with the C-frame on the concrete floor, but my back said "no". So continued on the table. For the smaller rivets all went fine.




The the -16 rivets also seemingly went fine until I I looked on the manufactured head. They were not set properly, large gaps between the head and the angle. Just not enough metal in the C-frame for these long rivets.


Had to drill them out. Then continue by hand with the rivet gun and the Tungsten bucking bar. A bit difficult to get the same consistency on the shop head by hand compared to the C-frame on these large and long rivets, but OK enough, and the manufactured head is totally flush.


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