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Builder Name:Terry Shortt   -  
Project:   Vans   -   VIEW REPORTS
Total Hours:3267.7
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Start/Last Date:Sep 12, 2019 - No Finish Date
 
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Nov 15, 2019     dimpled skins & riveted in HS707 on left H/S half - (3 hours)       Category: Empennage
Dimpled Skins with the DRDT-2 with some tape on the nose piece to keep from scratching stuff up. The nose rib flanges are too close together to dimple them this way, so I just squeezed them with the dies in a hand squeezer.

The big wooden forms are something I saw on other builder sites. Just traced the outline of a rib on some scrap plywood, cut it out with a jig saw and padded it with a couple of layers of masking tape to keep it from scratching.

When I was trying too get the skin to conform to the nose ribs, I tried all sorts of stuff to get them to lay down, but it seems like the easiest way was to just follow the instructions and lean into the rivet gun a little. It all snugged up nicely with no problems.


 


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