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ROBERT'S WEB SITE
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Date: 6-19-2011
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Number of Hours: 4.00
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Brief Description: Skin riveting
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-Father’s day! After breakfast in bed, coffee, and the Sunday paper I headed back to the shop. I was still hesitant to do any more of the flush rivets for attaching the skin. Maybe I should do some more practice? I read through the rivet technique discussion in the Van’s forum again. Started with the HS 708 rib to skin. We’ll see how it goes. I can always stop if I don’t show any improvement over last weekend’s performance. Started on the bottom of the elevator. Made sure the ergonomics were good for the left hand on the bucking bar, right with the gun, and a good view of the gun. I took it real easy. Past screw ups were from letting the gun get away from me by pulling the trigger too much. A few taps. Rivet set? Take a look at the manufactured head. Remember to keep a light touch on the bucking bar – let my fingers cushion the bucking bar from the parts. A few more taps. Check it with the rivet gauge. Focus on the gun and keeping the bucking bar straight. Repeat. After 5 minutes of this the first one was set properly. Turning down the regulator and all this focus seemed to help.
-Got the other six or so rivets in on the HS708/Skin using this slow, focused process. Kept telling myself I could screw any one of these up if I didn’t pay attention.
-OK, front spar to skin next. Set up the ergonomics just right, focus, tap tap tap, check with the gauge, repeat, and repeat until done.
-Got through all the rivets on the bottom of the left hand side elevator without screwing any up! A few were overdriven a bit relative to my gauge but not overly so. Got me to thinking about just what is the right way to use the gauge. Did some research on the Van’s Airforce forum. What a great resource!
-After a while, I stopped checking every rivet 3 or 4 times with the gauge. I would do about ten without checking. Went by the sound and feel of it with the gun and bucking bar. Used a finger to feel the manufactured head as well. After doing ten, I would visually check my work with the flashlight. T
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