Left wing riveting
Julie was fired up this morning to do some riveting. We finished riveting the leading edge to the left main spar. Then we started in on the inboard top skin riveting. We finished that in one session with a few breaks in the middle. It took about 1.5 hours to do the top skin with both of us working together. After that, I squeezed the rivets on the inboard rib and the rear spar. It is very cool to have this done. The wing is looking awesome!!
Up to this point, Julie has generally done the riveting, and I have bucked. I figured the bucking is less jarring, so I had Julie do that this time. Her smaller hands were also able to negotiate better around the closely spaced wing walk ribs. It took her a while to get an eye for a properly formed shop head, but she got the hang of it.
During some of the breaks, I deburred the lightening holes in the flap braces with a die grinder and mini Scotch-brite wheel.
I also ran over to Home Depot for a few 2×4s and put together the wing cradle, including casters. It went together pretty easy.
