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horizontal stab
Back at it after a two years away form the project
Skinned the horiz stab.
plans building, so I oversized the skin to start
Will trim and clean up skin once removed for deburring and priming of mating surfaces
Had a bit of runout on the forward spar top rivet line. (2.5 mm)
Checked the zenith construction manual
Will run a staggered rivet line with same pitch in the affected area ( this time along the center of the spar flange )
Any tips or techniques for getting the rivet lines exact on center? No predrilled holes when plans building.
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Comment by Perry Delano on March 21, 2016 at 10:15pm
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Never perfect, but use Starrett 18-A automatic punch set on low impact then use #40 drill first. Need to keep an eye out that the drill bit does not wander even with the latter. Of course use a CL gadget for narrow pieces and a nice long steel rule to mark CL on skin rivet lines. In my opinion automatic punch is a must for rivet removal, particularly A5 rivets.
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