Thanks GlennI did it on the airplane with canopy closed. Two person job. Lowered gun pressure a bit and used a tungsten bucking bar.
Yes, only works for about 1/4 of them.Do you own a hand or pneumatic squeezer and the appropriate reach/shape yokes?
Thanks Glenn
Yes, only works for about 1/4 of them.
Thanks Tom. When I posted my original question I thought I had the option to buck or squeeze. As it turns out, unless you have a custom yoke, you Have to buck these rivets. I mounted it to my bench and warmed it up. All done. Even those annoying handle rivets. I didn’t want to do it on the fuse, was worried about marking the fuse side skins. My canopy side rails are slightly inboard.Is it possible you are pressing against the structure with the gun, instead of just holding the gun to the surface? That's what I usually find I'm doing when a work surface that isn't solidly supported (as here) moves excessively. The tungsten bucking bar also is invaluable.
Thanks Brian, I do have that one but won’t work on most of the side rail on the 14.Do you have one of these yokes? -- https://www.cleavelandtool.com/collections/squeezers-and-yokes/products/25-flange-nose-pneu-yoke
It should reach everything in the canopy side skins (that's what we used for this task.)
Why did I think that it was required to be done on the fuselage with the canopy closed. Mine was a two person job?
That looks like a very good set up.