Stab Skin Riveting Done, Rear Spar Next
Finished the hundreds of skin rivets and got the rear spar clecoed into place. Riveting was a big job and it took days and many hours working by myself. I'm thankful that no rivets needed replacing. Some of them would've been very difficult to get out. Working slowly and methodically is preferable to fixing mistakes. I'm not sure how quicker it would have gone with a helper. They would have had the same issues I had snaking their hand and bucking bar into the structure and on to each rivet. Then removing their hand to inspect the shop head and repeat as needed. Glad that particular job is over. I noticed a couple dings in the exposed center stringer from a bucking bar when doing the AN470 rivets. So to eliminate stress risers and future cracks I dressed the dings with my rotary tool and reprimed the area. Then inspected the rear spar and AN hardware one last time before easily clecoing into place. I'm taking a couple day off with the bride and will be back at it soon.
Progress Riveting Bottom Of Stab
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