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Date:  12-7-2013
Number of Hours:  3.75
Manual Reference:  10-20
Brief Description:  Owens first riveting experience

The time has come to train a partner on riveting. My nine year old son, Owen, was the most likely candidate. He is interested in the build, mechanical and someone I can trust to focus on the job. I first set him up with a 2x4 and a 1.5" diameter circle to get the feel of the gun. Keep the mushroom head on the surface of the work and in the circle. After 15-20 minutes practicing I think he was ready.

I had already prepped the holes with rivets and tape every other hole so he was ready. I was on the inside of the cone with the bucking bar and away we went. We completed the longerons and frames/bulkheads to the bottom skin. We did not get the skin overlap rivets completed yet. This completed step 2 on page 10-20.

Owen did awesome. I could not have asked for a better partner. A very proud moment for me as we worked well together, he got into an excellent rhythm and we were on the same page the entire time. Only had a few rivets to drill out and I think most of those were my issues, not something he did.
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