We recently started on the Vertical Stabilizer to our RV-14a. I riveted the substructure together and I am having trouble setting some rivets in the Forward Spar # 803pp and the two bottom Ribs #'s 704 and 705. I keep rolling over the center rivet. Three rivets here by the way. I took the assemble to my local EAA meeting and they didn't seem overly concerned. They did recommended that I replace a few rivets, namely the one I mentioned above, and had good advice on some tooling that has arrived.
I have a 3" Yoke and 2.5" Longeron Yoke and a 4" Thin Nose Yoke. Also equipment to buck rivets. I have tried the pneumatic squeezer and bucking it with the offset set. The ribs flanges are keeping me from getting square to the rivet. It keeps rolling over. It is apparently beyond my newbie skill level. After now having drilled out the rivet for a fourth time, I am very frustrated. The hole is now about 5/32. I think the hole was made bigger on the first drill out. At least I can drill out rivets much better now without making the hole any bigger. It seems to me the size of the hole is the problem now, no lateral support on the rivet now as I buck it. It just swims in the hole.
My question is now, do I buy new parts? Use a bigger rivet? Or is some sort of bolt permissible? I am sure my edge distances are getting close too.
I am trying to post a picture, but that too is apparently beyond my skills as well! Many thanks in advance.
I have a 3" Yoke and 2.5" Longeron Yoke and a 4" Thin Nose Yoke. Also equipment to buck rivets. I have tried the pneumatic squeezer and bucking it with the offset set. The ribs flanges are keeping me from getting square to the rivet. It keeps rolling over. It is apparently beyond my newbie skill level. After now having drilled out the rivet for a fourth time, I am very frustrated. The hole is now about 5/32. I think the hole was made bigger on the first drill out. At least I can drill out rivets much better now without making the hole any bigger. It seems to me the size of the hole is the problem now, no lateral support on the rivet now as I buck it. It just swims in the hole.
My question is now, do I buy new parts? Use a bigger rivet? Or is some sort of bolt permissible? I am sure my edge distances are getting close too.
I am trying to post a picture, but that too is apparently beyond my skills as well! Many thanks in advance.