Cam7nut
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I didn't rivet the ends of my centre RV-7 floor angles to the firewall and spar bracket before fitting the floor. When I looked at riveting these angles last night, I realised I couldn't get my hand squeezer in, nor could I get the rivet gun in there, even with an offset rivet set.
After a bit of thought, I came up with this:
It's a my Avery longeron squeezer yoke. I used an AN6 bolt, a few washers and nut (one of my engine mount bolts - I replace it with a new bolt on my plane).
With a universal rivet die in the yoke, the technique is to hold the bolt and slowly turn the nut to jack the bolt up. The end of the bolt squeezes the rivet. It's a bit of a juggle holding the yoke and 2 spanners, but it worked ok on my test piece and I'm happy with the result.
After a bit of thought, I came up with this:
It's a my Avery longeron squeezer yoke. I used an AN6 bolt, a few washers and nut (one of my engine mount bolts - I replace it with a new bolt on my plane).
With a universal rivet die in the yoke, the technique is to hold the bolt and slowly turn the nut to jack the bolt up. The end of the bolt squeezes the rivet. It's a bit of a juggle holding the yoke and 2 spanners, but it worked ok on my test piece and I'm happy with the result.
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