Practice !
 

Another piece of advice is to practice on samples/scrap pieces, not your airplane. Don't put rivet gun to airplane until you can shoot several perfect rivets (or more). If it has been awhile since I last riveted I will always pound a few practice rivets to get the feel back before I start on my actual rivet job. Also if the rivet job is in a difficult location/position I will recreate it in a practice scenario to make sure I won't have a problem. I hate to drill out rivets, and rarely have to.

Kerry

The advice I was given that worked well for me was to get some extra AL squares and put in 250 rivets, drill them all out, and redo.
Bill Greenley

Put pressure on the head with the gun and let the bucking bar do the work, bouncing a bit... If you have the proper push on the head, no way will the rivet stand up "proud" HTH,

Take some scrap, drill holes and practice, it is a learned thing...We have all done it, especially me...


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