I'm always having trouble setting rivets with a flush rivet set, alone. Your reaching over the skin with a bucking bar inside and a flush rivet set on the outside. With only one hand on the rivet gun, the set wanders in any direction as the trigger is pulled.
Today I tried double sided tape on the flush rivet set. Line up the set over the rivet and stick it on the skin. Then reach over the skin and hold the bucking bar. I riveted four nose ribs (five rivets @) this way and had very good luck. As I was doing this I found some of the tape sticking to the rivet head so I started using back riveting tape over the rivet head first then sticking the set in place and found this to give clean results.
If someone else has used this trick , I'm not trying to steal your idea, I just have not heard of anyone doing so.
Ron
Today I tried double sided tape on the flush rivet set. Line up the set over the rivet and stick it on the skin. Then reach over the skin and hold the bucking bar. I riveted four nose ribs (five rivets @) this way and had very good luck. As I was doing this I found some of the tape sticking to the rivet head so I started using back riveting tape over the rivet head first then sticking the set in place and found this to give clean results.
If someone else has used this trick , I'm not trying to steal your idea, I just have not heard of anyone doing so.
Ron