Here you can get an idea of how the rivets will ultimately look once they're in. I've put 3 in here to show you how nice and flush they'll be.
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This week was also my birthday... 29 bunny years old! What a better gift than this?! This is a Sioux die grinder that my Mom and Dad, and my brother and his wife got me. I can hardly wait to use it!
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These are the two rear spars which we've marked the bottom inner-most inch to be removed to allow the elevator control horns to move upon assembly.
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For this task, I've chosen a hand-nibbler (a new tool we're able to use for the first time). It worked really well and with descent precision.
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Then Shannon used the new die grinder to smooth the sharp edges
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In hind sight, we should have drilled a hole out in the corner to make for a nice rounded inner angle, but now we'll have to file it with a round file. In all though, the hand-nibbler did a nice job on the straight edges.
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We still have to go buy a round file, but I've at least cleaned it up a bit until then.
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February 2nd, 2005
We begin riveting. Our first assembly is the bracket attached to the aft spar on the horizontal stab. Prior to assembling, we used a rattle-can of zinc-chromate on the bearing, protecting the actual bearing itself.
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