Brief Description: Riveted the Rt Wing Inbd Bottom Wing Skin
Riveted the Rt Wing Inbd Bottom Wing Skin to the Right Wing solo. Initially, I struggled for access to the aft most rivets that attach the skin to the bottom of the rear spar. I created several dings that I am not proud of when the bucking bar came off of the rivet and was impacted by the rivet run. No major damage, just an eye-sore.
I then had an ephiphany that made the whole process go much better. I was riveting too far forward in each row. I also had the skin clecoed far too much. All I needed was a few clecoes in the immediate area of the riveting. Riveting too far ahead and have too many clecoes in place restricted the amount of the skin that I could gently bend out of the way for better access to the far back rivets.
I riveted the aft most rivets then riveted forward a few rivets in each row. Now I was getting much better arm reach and I wasn't having nearly as much of the difficulties I was having before reaching the rivets with the bucking bar. The Tungsten Bucking Bars are great but thet do fatigue your hand in tight spaces as you maneuver the bar to buck the rivets. Another real concern is the risk of dropping such a mass inside the wing and causing skin damage.
Bottom skin riveting is fatiguing but is doable solo. Just have to take more breaks.
