The rudder has been sitting for about 5 days while the pro seal cured, so today after finishing up the elevators I thought I'd bust out the trailing edge. Unclamped/clecoed the trailing edge, and spend the next hour or so cleaning out the excess pro seal ooze. First I twirled a #40 drill bit in the hole then finished up with a q-tip dipped in acetone.

After cleanup, I numbered each hole 1-5 and then marked each 10th hole as well.

Vans plans have you back rivet the t.e. which seems like a recipe for disaster, so I bought a set of trailing edge dies from Cleveland Tool. Holy cow, that was money well spent! I started with every hole clecoed, alternating sides, and 1/2 set a rivet in each 10th hole. Then every 5th hole and so on, always positioning the rivet so that the factory head was on the side that he cleco came out of.

After getting a rivet 1/2 set in every hole, I went back and fully set them, starting more or less n the middle and working my way to the ends.

It's hard to capture with a cell phone camera due to focal length, but it came out pretty darn straight. Just have to roll the leading edges and install the heim joints and this rudder is done.