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Date:  9-24-2020
Number of Hours:  4.00
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Brief Description:  Spar Cap Spacers

With the Spar Caps riveted, I went back and riveted all of the spacers that are located between the spar caps. Dick Eaves recommends adding ProSeal between the spacers and spar caps when this is done. I understand why you would want to do that at this stage for the inboard spacers, but not for all the others. However, since it was recommended and since it was no real bother, I sealed all of the spacers when rivet.
The spacers are held with double flush rivets. That means you have to countersink both sides of the spacers. Once the rivets were set, the shop head side of the rivet had to be shaved. In 1983 I bought a rivet shaver from a surplus sale at work (then General Dynamics) ...That pre-planning finally paid off, Ha Ha.
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Showing end spacers riveted in place with sealant

Showing end spacers riveted in place with sealant

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Riveting complete

Riveting complete

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Shaving the shop rivet heads

Shaving the shop rivet heads

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