Hi,
Would you replace this rivet? The head is damaged by my not holding the gun against it hard enough, and so it moved while setting the rivet. Otherwise, it seems to be set well.
I was at a build assist shop and they encouraged me to carefully consider the benefit of drilling out a rivet before doing so. The hole can be damaged by the drill, but it’s also slightly oversized now because of the rivet having expanded in the hole too.
I’m working on my tail kit, so I have not drilled out lots of rivets yet, but I’m fairly confident at it.
So what would you do? Replace? Or leave it since we’re not building timepieces and it’s probably strong enough for the job? Even if it were to crack, this part would be held in place by the skin and the second rivet.
Would you replace this rivet? The head is damaged by my not holding the gun against it hard enough, and so it moved while setting the rivet. Otherwise, it seems to be set well.
I was at a build assist shop and they encouraged me to carefully consider the benefit of drilling out a rivet before doing so. The hole can be damaged by the drill, but it’s also slightly oversized now because of the rivet having expanded in the hole too.
I’m working on my tail kit, so I have not drilled out lots of rivets yet, but I’m fairly confident at it.
So what would you do? Replace? Or leave it since we’re not building timepieces and it’s probably strong enough for the job? Even if it were to crack, this part would be held in place by the skin and the second rivet.