Brief Description: Riveted VS skin to the VS frame (ribs and front sp
My wife, Charlotte, and my brother, Clark helped with riveting the Vertical Stabilizer skin to the frame. I instructed Clark how to use the rivet gun and then he practiced on some scrap while I bucked. He picked up the skill quickly and we started after Charlotte finished clecoing the skin to the frame. Charlotte can also rivet well but I wanted another helper to have some experience with me. My bucking was the weak point on this job. We didn't drill out any rivets but some were close.
Clecoed skin to VS frame (ribs and front spar). Clark riveted, Charlotted put in the rivets and I bucked. Clecoed rear spar on to the skin after finishing riveting the skin to the frame. Will wait for my new "Main Squeeze" manual squeezer to arrive from Cleaveland Tool before riveting the spar. Can't use the pneumatic squeezer because the body of the tool won't fit into the channel of the spar for a straight squeeze. I could use the yoke finger in the channel but that rquires finese because the whole gun moves and tends to push the rivet out of the hole and while setting. That's why I ordered the manual squeezer.
Charlotte clecoing VS skin to frame.
Clark practicing riveting before we attack VS skin.
