Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Bulkhead Riveted








Had more problems today with my squeezer than I did with the plans. During the process of squeezing the AD4 rivets, I managed to bend the male threaded bolt in the Avery squeezer. There must be a better way to squeeze the AD4 rivets. My hands are sore! All in all, good progress today. The pictures show all. Attached the wing stub spar receptacle, and then started on the bulkhead. Riveted the bulkhead doubler, the control column mount assemblies and the multitude of nutplates. There are a bunch. Riveted the bulkhead doubler and then riveted the bulkhead to the seat ribs. Started preparing the seat ramp floors and decided to quit for the day.

Time - 7 hours