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Date:  12-4-2005
Number of Hours:  2.50
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Brief Description:  Finished up dimpling and started riveting the skin

Completed Step 9: Dimpled the remaining holes in the rib, using the new dimple/back riveting tool I created. Works pretty good, but doesn't make as clean of a dimple as using the squeezer. Countersunk the trailing edge wedge.Step 10: Riveted the skins to the spar, which was a PITA with both skins attached. Mostly went OK, though I screwed up pretty good on one of the rivets and dented the skin a little. I'll need to find a bucking bar that will fit between the spar flanges before I get to this step on the actual kit.Also riveted the skins to the ribs, as much as I could. I'm having a hard time getting the last hole, even using the steel I got from Lowes as a bucking bar.. since it doesn't sit far enough away from the flange, the rivet's machined head ends up sitting above the skin. I've drilled out the two that I tried to do this with and will start looking for a better way (pop rivets? maybe!). I was able to get get the rest of the ribs' rivets using either my squeezer or the rivet gun and just shooting them like normal.Next steps are to finish the rivets on the ribs and then use the "special" back riveting technique on the trailing edge.
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