lostpilot28
Well Known Member
I think I need to upgrade to a better quality squeezer, because I think it's flexing when I squeeze rivets. I've attached a couple of pictures of some rivets on my left elevator and I'd like to get some opinions on what I should do.
My concern isn't that they're not pretty, but that they may not be strong. Basically, no matter how straight I try to hold the squeezer the shop-heads end up squeezing more to one side of the hole leaving the other side unattached to the rivet. I've drilled a few out and replaced them and they look like little feet instead of nice, round mushrooms.
Do I need to start drilling all these out? Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Sonny W.
RV-7A empenage
My concern isn't that they're not pretty, but that they may not be strong. Basically, no matter how straight I try to hold the squeezer the shop-heads end up squeezing more to one side of the hole leaving the other side unattached to the rivet. I've drilled a few out and replaced them and they look like little feet instead of nice, round mushrooms.
Do I need to start drilling all these out? Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Sonny W.
RV-7A empenage
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