Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Starting to Rivet Elevator - 2 hours



I decided to at least try using the squeezer on setting rivets in the 703/704 ribs. If I couldn't make it work then I would try the hammer and punch method. It turned out that using the squeezer was not so bad. It was a bit of work to slip the yoke over, insert the dies, adjust the dies and then squeeze. But once your set up and set the first rivet to the proper amount, all the other rivets come fairly easy. It's just a matter of moving cleco's around in order to move the squeezer. I ended up only having to drill out one rivet and reset it.




Update - See May 24ths post. Don't set these rivets just yet!