Could someone please explain the secret to "thin bucking bar" success for places like the skin-to-rib joints at airfoil trailing edges?
I've heard of various "thin" items (hatchets, chisels, ground-down bucking bars, crowbars, etc.) being used two ways:
1) Against the shop head the way you would use a regular bucking bar; and
2) as an "extension rivet set" laid across another bar and cantilevered over the shop head, with the gun applied to the bar's shank (i.e. backriveting).
I can't get either method to work worth a darn - seems like all the energy gets dissipated and the rivet just won't form up before it work hardens.
Using a 3X gun on AD4 rivets - tried all kinds of air pressure settings
I've heard of various "thin" items (hatchets, chisels, ground-down bucking bars, crowbars, etc.) being used two ways:
1) Against the shop head the way you would use a regular bucking bar; and
2) as an "extension rivet set" laid across another bar and cantilevered over the shop head, with the gun applied to the bar's shank (i.e. backriveting).
I can't get either method to work worth a darn - seems like all the energy gets dissipated and the rivet just won't form up before it work hardens.
Using a 3X gun on AD4 rivets - tried all kinds of air pressure settings