Thursday, July 8, 2010

A Riveting Experience. (ha ha ha) 1.5/30.5

Ben showed me how to set up the pneumatic rivet squeezer today. I've used it before, but never on a piece with so much length and mass. We started out clamping the squeezer to the work table and standing the spar up, but it was too awkward to handle with all the weight of the clecos, so we laid the spar down and freehanded the squeezer. Ben did the first rivet to see how it worked, and then turned me loose. They turned out pretty well-- no smileys, no lean-overs. A nice couple rows of Double-Stuffed Oreos on the shop head side!!!

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