Figured I'd ask for advice before I mess up my tailcone! I'm up to the point of putting the topmost skin on; everything up to this point is done.
Seems like I could clean the shop floor well, put down some clean craft paper, and set the tailcone on the nearly level concrete. It isn't too rough of a floor but it isn't perfect either. Then I could put some blankets inside and lay inside and back rivet to an assistant on the outside holding the large flat back rivet bar.
Will I rough up the bottom too much? Would it be better to put the tailcone on some surplus low-shag carpet for this task, or will that potentially cause the bottom skin to lay unevenly and warp/dent/bend???? Don't want to learn the hard way! I don't think I should lay it on the two work stands currently holding it up. I also have a hollow core door I could put down.
Now I'm thinking craft paper over the hollow core door is my best bet?..
Who has done this already? It seems tough to reach in and get the gun/bar everywhere on this piece even if it is done section by section?. by getting inside the assistant can easily place rivets and hold the back rivet bar.
Also the 470-4-4 rivets for the center spar are in a tough spot to squeeze but I think I can squeeze them if the body of the squeezer is aft of the bulkhead it attaches to. I kind of wish I had put that to the bulkhead first and riveted it to the skin as part of the last step.
Seems like I could clean the shop floor well, put down some clean craft paper, and set the tailcone on the nearly level concrete. It isn't too rough of a floor but it isn't perfect either. Then I could put some blankets inside and lay inside and back rivet to an assistant on the outside holding the large flat back rivet bar.
Will I rough up the bottom too much? Would it be better to put the tailcone on some surplus low-shag carpet for this task, or will that potentially cause the bottom skin to lay unevenly and warp/dent/bend???? Don't want to learn the hard way! I don't think I should lay it on the two work stands currently holding it up. I also have a hollow core door I could put down.
Now I'm thinking craft paper over the hollow core door is my best bet?..
Who has done this already? It seems tough to reach in and get the gun/bar everywhere on this piece even if it is done section by section?. by getting inside the assistant can easily place rivets and hold the back rivet bar.
Also the 470-4-4 rivets for the center spar are in a tough spot to squeeze but I think I can squeeze them if the body of the squeezer is aft of the bulkhead it attaches to. I kind of wish I had put that to the bulkhead first and riveted it to the skin as part of the last step.