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We had a cold day in the hangar many years back and needed to stay busy with out handling cold meatal, so we counted rivets for a little fun. Just rivets in the 8 came out to around 15,000. We figured we had visited each one of those holes at least some 5 times to drill, de-burr, and so-on. Those were just the factory rivets of a slow build. Welcome to the club, you are on the right track, it is worth it, even if you add a few more steps and rivets along the way. Yours, R.E.A. III # 80888