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Wing rivets near back of W00002
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pazmanyflyer
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For riveting the shop heads I would use the toe end of either of these type of bucking bars.
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How about this little wonder... My personal favorite tool. Mini tungstun bar.
http://www.cleavelandtool.com/Tungsten-Mini-Bucking-Bar/productinfo/BBT12/
http://www.cleavelandtool.com/Tungsten-Mini-Bucking-Bar/productinfo/BBT12/
longranger
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The RV-7 has a nearly identical situation. I used a tungsten bucking bar similar to this one. The angled end allows you to get behind those doubler rivets. I use that little bucking bar almost exclusively in the project. I even bucked the short -6 rivets that plug the tooling holes in the tank end ribs with it. Best $100 I've spent in a long time.
pazmanyflyer
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Yup. There will be a few places like these and this would be another example where I also used the angle end of my tungsten bar. This one rivet in the flap rib was directly under the nutplate. Great bar for limited spaces.
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I referenced the first two because those are the "standard" bucking bars in the tool kits. In case you don't have/want the tungsten bar.
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pazmanyflyer
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If you're heart set on back riveting (providing there's enough space) you'll need an offset back rivet set. Something like this from Avery.
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