Those ribs are a pain. A technique I found somewhere on the forums that worked well for me is to take a clear 1/4" hose and cut it into appx 1/8" length. take this hose that now looks like a tiny donut and place it over the shop end of the rivet. Use your tungsten bucking bar and gently push on the end of the rivet with the hose. The hose will help push the two pieces together and allow you to rivet it without any separation between the pieces. If you do a search you will probably find a better description of this technique. I have used it in several places during the build. Good luck
Eric
I'm right at this stage, and planned on riveting these later this week. Is the big problem access to buck, or the separation of the sheets?
Bucking bar is not the issue. Seems like things flex when riveting and the rivet does not want to stay flush to the outside of the skin.
Is it me or does riveting these suck? My rivets do not want to stay flush to the surface of the skin. I moved the rib close to one of the supports of the jig and i still can't get a good set on it.
Tonight I tried riveting these. Yes, they suck. They really suck... I struggled to get the forward most rivets. None of the rivets were particularly easy to get access to, but most were doable - but those forward most rivets? Torture. I was fortunate to get some assistance from a friend who completed his 14 four or five years ago.
I ended up having to order some "oops" rivets to take care of poor rivet removal technique.