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Date:  5-9-2016
Number of Hours:  2.50
Manual Reference:  8-38
Brief Description:  Finished riveting F-850-1

Finished riveting the F-850-1 (bottom skin) rivets with the help of my friend Joe, from Coppell... Joe just closed on a new house at a North Texas airpark that Teresa and I have had our eye on for a long time - and we hope to someday be neighbors again. Thanks to Joe for also getting me back in the shop for some good work. No way it normally would have taken me 2.5 hours to do the rivets we did - but it wasn't Joe's fault - as he and I were in a good rhythm from the beginning. It just took a little longer becasue I was out of practice and we went ahead and lifted the fuse so as to have better / more comfortable access underneath. Being out of the shop for so long, the battery on the cordless drill was dead and - like I said, it just took me a little longer to spool up.

We also had to move some of the spar/spacer bolts out of the way, but Joe handled that quickly as he was underneath on the bucking bar while I was up top.
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bottom skin done

bottom skin done

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Joe and I with the money shot

Joe and I with the money shot

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Joe's work inside - looking good!

Joe's work inside - looking good!

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