The Right tank is being pressure tested now.. Hopefully it passes, or else it might impact our riveting this week..
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Sunday, February 7, 2010
Right Wing skin ready to Rivet !
The right top skin is in place and fully ready to rivet. Bekah and I will be taking our time this week to rivet a bit each evening. We are going to use the standard shoot and buck method. Using the Avery Swivel flush set and a tungsten bucking bar to make those top skin rivets as smooth as possible. I am using post-its to hold each rivet in place; this way I get all rivets into the holes flush before even starting to rivet. I did this on the empennage and it worked very well. Lots of post-its though, but I am able to reuse them so it makes it worth it for me. Right now I have a cleco in every other hole and a rivet in every other hole. We are ready to go.
The Right tank is being pressure tested now.. Hopefully it passes, or else it might impact our riveting this week..
The Right tank is being pressure tested now.. Hopefully it passes, or else it might impact our riveting this week..
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