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Traci and Tom's RV-7A
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Date:  10-22-2013
Number of Hours:  1.50
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Brief Description:  Riveting the skin on the left skeleton.

Easy work to rivet the skin on the skeleton since all (ok - most!) of the rivets can fit in holes that are reached with the pneumatic squeezer. Just a matter of dopping rivets in the holes (alternating with clekos for a good tight fit) and squeezing them flat. I found after a long series of holes, the squeezer needed a little distance extending on the piston half since after a while shop heads weren't flat enough. Just reduce the distance and re-squeeze the tall "proud" rivets as they say in the videos.
The tight ones were put in using the back rivet plateas a bucking bar and the red-mushroom rivet set.
Finally, the last rivet was a blind rivet since there wasn't anything that neatly fit in that narrow trailing edge. I think I removed less than 5 rivets in this procedure. Just shows that practice is the best way to perfection!
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Back rivet plate for that tight reach to the rivet.

Back rivet plate for that tight reach to the rivet.

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Final rivet is a pair of blind rivets on the end of the rib.

Final rivet is a pair of blind rivets on the end of the rib.

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Nice!  That is what I call a right side elevator!

Nice! That is what I call a right side elevator!

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