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Started riveting the ribs to the front spar

I knew that the standard rivet shank was not going to cut it for this portion of the riveting project. I used a 7.5 inch Rivet Shank that I got from Averys to put the rivet gun far back enough to where I wouldn't have to push the rib too far out the way to get the rivet in. I also put cloth medical tape around the rivet gun to prevent scratching off the primer on the rib. I also had to bump up the air pressure to 47 lbs to make the riveting session as short as possible (and not beat the crap out of my bucking bar hand).

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