On Sunday I dimpled the bottom skin. Yesterday I clecoed the bottom skin onto the 6, 7 and 8 bulkheads, along with j-channels and battery angles. Tonight I set a few of the rivets before running out of steam.
Dimpling the holes was easy, and I was able to get it all done on my DRDT-2 dimpler. I needed to prop up the skin a few times, but that was easily done.
Clecoing the skin to the bulkheads required two saw horses, at least 3 feet tall. Since mine were not that tall, my dad made up a pair of cradles that attach to the top of my saw horses. These worked great, and clecoing was easy.
I set a few rivets tonight. I actually squeezed several that I could reach, then made up some practice pieces and set a few rivets using my gun. Since it’s been a while since I riveted with the gun, I wanted to make sure I remembered the right settings etc. 25 PSI is plenty to set 3-3 and 3-3.5 rivets. I taped over the holes around the edges, as these are riveted later.
Looks great Neal glad the cradles worked out well should be really satisfying when you get the sides in place