May 12, 2004 - Riveting the Right Elevator

First step is to rivet the spar reinforcers and ribs to the spar. I tried at first using the hand squeezer but the yoke just wasn't big enough, so I shifted to the rivet gun. I did it solo, holding the bucking bar in the left hand and gun in the right. The spar was in the vise. The rivets came out very well; only had to drill one out. My Dad helped me; he got to see quite a bit of what goes on: deburring, dimpling, countersinking, match drilling, riveting and drilling out rivets.