February 23, 2014

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I finished deburring the left rudder stiffeners.
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I primed the parts. The skins are not shown in this picture.
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I started back riveting the stiffeners to the skin.

While I was back riveting, I mistakenly tried to set a rivet that was not supported by my backing plate. My rivet set deformed the skin in a nasty way. The root of the problem was the backing plate I was using–it was way too small. This was caused by riveting against a back plate that was too small. I tried to fix the problem, but the material looked progressively worse. I’m going to have to buy a new left skin and stiffeners. IMG_2846

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