Riveting Skin of HS

Here's a little video of me riveting the skin of the Horizontal Stabilizer. First, I have to remove the cleco in the hole I'm going to rivet. Next, I select a 3/32 (really tiny) rivet and put it in the hole. Then, I put a strip of riveting tape over the rivet to hold it in place and keep the rivet set from scuffing the head of the rivet. Finally, I reach inside with my tungsten bucking bar and hold it against the bottom of the rivet while I shoot the rivet from the top. Simple, just lather, rinse and repeat many thousands of times.



Here's the Horizontal Stab almost finished. It's over 8' wide so it hangs over my workbench.