I messed up the four counter sunk rivets in the middle of the HS-710 and 714 spar. I was riveting just fine, then forgot that I needed countersunk in those two holes. Fortunately, I just had two rivets to remove. Cleaned up that mess and tried again with the correct ones now.
This time all 4 of them bent over! I was using the rivet gun on the shop side, while holding the buck bar on the countersunk side. What the heck am I doing wrong? All 4 were messed up so I had to remove them all. Now I've spent the last hour reading builder sites to see if anyone has the same problem. No.
Here is what they look like -
And the other side:
The holes did get very slightly bigger during removal, but I think they will fill in once I mash the rivet down again. As long as I don't mess up again and have to remove them on e more time. So any adivce on these things? I'm only about 25 rivets into this project and have already removed about 6, my good rivet ratio sucks so far! I do have a pnuematic squeezer also, but not sure if it fits nicely around that flange. I'll have to test fit that.
The 4-6 rivet seems to be the correct lenght according to the gauge too.
Any ideas for a RV7 riveting newb?
Thanks.
Tom
This time all 4 of them bent over! I was using the rivet gun on the shop side, while holding the buck bar on the countersunk side. What the heck am I doing wrong? All 4 were messed up so I had to remove them all. Now I've spent the last hour reading builder sites to see if anyone has the same problem. No.
Here is what they look like -
And the other side:
The holes did get very slightly bigger during removal, but I think they will fill in once I mash the rivet down again. As long as I don't mess up again and have to remove them on e more time. So any adivce on these things? I'm only about 25 rivets into this project and have already removed about 6, my good rivet ratio sucks so far! I do have a pnuematic squeezer also, but not sure if it fits nicely around that flange. I'll have to test fit that.
The 4-6 rivet seems to be the correct lenght according to the gauge too.
Any ideas for a RV7 riveting newb?
Thanks.
Tom