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10/1/06

Riveted the HS405 Ribs to the Front HS Spar - I had some aluminum angle laying around so I put Jennifer on the gun and we practiced setting some 5/32" rivets. She picked it up real quick and did a nice job!

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10/1/06

Riveted the HS405 Ribs to the Front HS Spar - This was the rivet gun set up. We used a 5/32" double offset rivet set. The green cap on the end helps keep it on the rivet head and prevents damaging the work and the rivet head if it comes off. We ended up with an ideal pressure of 60 psi for setting the 5/32" rivets (3X gun).

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10/1/06

Riveted the HS405 Ribs to the Front HS Spar - I lightly clamped the front spar on the workbench so we both had good access to the rivets and we set them with no problems.

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10/1/06

Riveted the HS405 Ribs to the Front HS Spar - Here is a shot of the right side. You can see how much larger the rivet heads are than the 1/8" rivets in the foreground. The doublers worked out great.

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10/1/06

Riveted the HS405 Ribs to the Front HS Spar - Here is a shot of one of the shop heads on the 5/32" rivets.

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