January 27, 2006 - Squeezing Rivets
I riveted the 1/8" rivets around seat side ribs that I could get to with the Main Squeeze. 
The view from the inside.  Notice that I havn't riveted the nutplates on the seat side rib yet.  In fact, I hadn't even drilled the nutplate holes until today.  The drawings don't even show them.  I just realized that the floor skins are screwed on and that all the seat ribs have nutplates on the forward upslope. 
Next I squeezed the rivets fastening the aft end of the baggage ribs to the F-706 bulkhead.  I could only squeeze the bottom two holes with the Main Squeeze.  I'll have to use the rivet gun on the top hole. 
I wasn't able to hand squeeze any of rivets in the center baggage ribs. 
The instructions say nothing about when to drill the fuel tank bracket.  I figured I might as well do it now, while I have easy access.  It's actually fairly complicated; you really have to study the drawings closely.  On the other side of the skin are two spacers and a reinforcer angle.  This picture shows everything pretty much except for the three inner rivets and bolting the bracket to the fuse. 
 
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