Completed the tool box kit last night. Took me some 6 hours to complete. Being the first riveting I have ever done, I took my time. All the rivets checked good with the gauge except for the first bucked rivet on the hinge which was nearly fattened. I couldn't find it on the picture though. Used the pneumatic squeezer for the sides and bucked the hinges. I could have used the squeezer for the whole thing but wanted to PRACTICE bucking on the toolbox.
Also, The control surface practice kit I completed today. Took me some 8 hours or so. This was also not hard to do either. Only issue I had was the rib flange that butts to the spar bowed away from the spar when squeezing. It seemed to bow out at the very last part of the squeeze. The flange and spar were flush with one cleco holding the rib to the spar but separated on the squeeze. I added cleco clamps for the second rivet for the rib/spar and same thing. Same thing happened to the other rib. I'm thinking it was squeezing too much and I should have backed off the set a bit but didn't think of it till after the kit was completed. I couldn't figure out how to set the last rivet on the rib forward the trailing edge. I couldn't fit anything in there to buck nor the thin nose yoke fit. On this kit, I back riveted , squeezed, bucked and double flush back riveted which really did not seem very difficult. One thing was difficult though, dimpling the last 2 rivets on each flange near the trailing edge. Not even the "close quarters dimple set" from CT helped in this case. I'll have to order the vise grip dimples to have on hand to try the next time some thing like this happens again.
You guys be the judge, see the pictures here... Let me know what you think.
https://goo.gl/photos/m725AjEQ8keuNapCA
I'm quite happy with the results overall.
Also, The control surface practice kit I completed today. Took me some 8 hours or so. This was also not hard to do either. Only issue I had was the rib flange that butts to the spar bowed away from the spar when squeezing. It seemed to bow out at the very last part of the squeeze. The flange and spar were flush with one cleco holding the rib to the spar but separated on the squeeze. I added cleco clamps for the second rivet for the rib/spar and same thing. Same thing happened to the other rib. I'm thinking it was squeezing too much and I should have backed off the set a bit but didn't think of it till after the kit was completed. I couldn't figure out how to set the last rivet on the rib forward the trailing edge. I couldn't fit anything in there to buck nor the thin nose yoke fit. On this kit, I back riveted , squeezed, bucked and double flush back riveted which really did not seem very difficult. One thing was difficult though, dimpling the last 2 rivets on each flange near the trailing edge. Not even the "close quarters dimple set" from CT helped in this case. I'll have to order the vise grip dimples to have on hand to try the next time some thing like this happens again.
You guys be the judge, see the pictures here... Let me know what you think.
https://goo.gl/photos/m725AjEQ8keuNapCA
I'm quite happy with the results overall.