Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Page 21-02 Riveting the Baggage Ribs


The main difficulty is to rivet the bulkhead to the ribs with the manufactured head on the bulkhead.
The picture shows why (you have to click to enlarge to see the details):
There is no room for the pneumatic riveter between the two walls. Even the manual puller (shown in operating position on the photo) that comes with the standard kit has barely enough room to operate and you have to struggle when you want to open the jaws to slide the rivet stem. I however confirm that contrary to the previous step, it's doable by the average skilled builder that I am.


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