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Old 07-29-2018, 10:10 PM
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haha thanks guys! Today finishing up all of the priming and painting I felt like one...

I finally got all of the parts primed. I owe a big thank you to Mr. Alumiprep and Mrs. Scotchbrite.

20180729_153556 by Jereme Carne, on Flickr

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I have been using JetFlex solvent based. I really like the stuff as it is super easy to spray, I have not had a single run in anything. This stuff is definitely easier to spray than Akzo and it aint hard to spray either.

20180729_165339 by Jereme Carne, on Flickr

Parts are finally painted, now for the devinyling, dimpling and assembling. Man that black looks insanely cool!

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Old 07-30-2018, 10:59 PM
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After a very long day deburring holes and dimpling skins it was time to start putting things together. My riveting buddy is headed to the mountains on Thursday so we are going to try and get it all pounded and flipped by then. Here we go!

Started today by finishing up some riveting on the aft fuselage and putting some things together.

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Old 07-31-2018, 08:29 AM
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That, my friend, is a great rivet pal!

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Old 07-31-2018, 11:38 PM
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Ya my dad is pretty solid at running a bucking bar. This is all we got done, will do more tomorrow. He is talking about not going to the mountains now so no biggie.

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Interesting, you have him on the bar? He Must be Good!
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Ya we tried both ways awhile back and he is better at holding the bar square and I'm better at listening to the rivet knowing when to stop.
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Ya we tried both ways awhile back and he is better at holding the bar square and I'm better at listening to the rivet knowing when to stop.
This is interesting. I have yet to let anyone buck or drive any rivet on my project. But I know soon the parts are going to to be big enough so that I will need an extra hand... I read most people let "the help" drive the gun. I just could see that going horribly wrong if they were to let the gun walk away...

also it took me forever to "hear" the rivet say "I am done... Stop hitting on me"
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This is interesting. I have yet to let anyone buck or drive any rivet on my project. But I know soon the parts are going to to be big enough so that I will need an extra hand... I read most people let "the help" drive the gun. I just could see that going horribly wrong if they were to let the gun walk away...

also it took me forever to "hear" the rivet say "I am done... Stop hitting on me"
Get a person good with detail hand movements, ie. my 17yr old video addict.
Suberb with the gun. Only one minor mishap in hundreds of rivets.

Here is my rivet buddy, he is a bit older now. Graduated from water balloons to rivet gun.

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This is interesting. I have yet to let anyone buck or drive any rivet on my project. But I know soon the parts are going to to be big enough so that I will need an extra hand... I read most people let "the help" drive the gun. I just could see that going horribly wrong if they were to let the gun walk away...

also it took me forever to "hear" the rivet say "I am done... Stop hitting on me"
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Get a person good with detail hand movements, ie. my 17yr old video addict.
Suberb with the gun. Only one minor mishap in hundreds of rivets.

Here is my rivet buddy, he is a bit older now. Graduated from water balloons to rivet gun.

haha very cool guys. At first I had him on the gun awhile back and he just couldn't quite figure out when to stop, most of the time he wasn't hitting it long enough. Now with him on the bucking bar I can hear the rivet and we can really cruise through a line in no time. It does make me laugh though as he still checks every rivet with the gauge. He has only slipped off a rivet twice so far, no big deal as the damage wasn't bad at all. Plus I have only had to drill about 10-15 rivets this whole time.

I have also found that the two of us get better results than if I were doing it myself, hard to keep the bucking bar square while also paying attention to the set walking.

Do you guys use a swivel set? I love that thing, it doesn't hit quite as hard but is very forgiving. I have no smileys on the project.
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I have not used a swivel yet...
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