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Date:  7-5-2007
Number of Hours:  1.00
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Brief Description:  RD: Prepped for back-riveting

I set up the backrivetting plate, removed all plastic from the interior as well as strips from the area to be rivetted on the exterior. I cleaned appropriately (skin and stiffeners) with lacquer thinners and backrivetted the first of the stiffeners to the skin.

I did a "wet layup" of the stiffener to the skin by basically painting some primer to the stiffener and rivetting it in place with the primer wet. This basically "glues" and rivets the stiffeners to the skin at the same time. I'll spray the inside of the skin with primer later after all the stiffeners are in and I'm almost ready to close it up.

The back-riveting is not as easy as I thought it would be... you have to be *much* more mindfull of the position and angle of the back-rivet set than I originally anticipated... doing it softly and slowly for the moment.
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Setting up the backrivet plate

Setting up the backrivet plate

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remove the plastic from the exterior

remove the plastic from the exterior

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Backrivetting the first of the stiffeners

Backrivetting the first of the stiffeners

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