January 28, 2006 - Riveting Forward Fuselage |
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| The lighting in my workshop isn't very good. That's me inside the forward fuselage, clecoing stiffeners to the bottom skin. | ||||||
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I also riveted the inner two stiffeners to the firewall angle.
Thankfully I was able to hand squeeze them.
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| Then I squeezed the aft end of the stiffeners to the support brackets. I had to be creative with the Main Squeeze and the rivet sets to be able to get it done. | ||||||
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Then I clecoed the bottom skin and stiffeners. Let the riveting
begin.
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| The view from the inside, prior to riveting. | ||||||
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| Bruce came over and we started some serious riveting. My new roller stool made bucking from the inside so much easier. Bruce handles the gun like a pro. | ||||||
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| And he loves doing it, too. Bruce isn't new to the aircraft building business. He has restored a bunch of planes including a Cessna 140, Cherokee glider, Schweizer 1-26 glider, Corben Junior Ace, a Citabria 7GCBC and a Pitts S1C. | ||||||
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Yeah, I love it to.
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