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Date:  4-25-2017
Number of Hours:  1.00
Manual Reference:  9225501-LOG-03.084
Brief Description:  2: Almost a Disaster

Almost a disaster today as I damaged the trim tab skin while riveting the spar in place.

The instructions say that you must be very careful when riveting the trim tab spar to the bottom skin, as the tight space makes it very easy to damage the skin with the bucking bar. Well, I can testify from experience that this is true. After setting just two rivets I checked the skin surface and found I had managed to create several little bumps. Bugger!

After pondering for a while on whether I continue, or get a new skin sent out from Vans, I decided that I'd have a go at knocking the dents out. I positioned the skin so that the damaged area lay flat on my thick MDF bench top, and I then hit the dents with a flush rivet set. I was amazed....they hammered out quite nicely.

Phew....disaster averted.
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Horrible little dents in the trim tab top skin :-(

Horrible little dents in the trim tab top skin :-(

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Dents gone :-)

Dents gone :-)

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