Smitty's RV-9A from Van's Aircraft

RV-9A: Project Entry

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Started riveting the Right Horizontal Skin to the Front Spar
This wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. I laid the skin over on its side while still in the cradle blocks and supported the left side of the spar with some wooden blocks. I started riveting every other rivet and put Removeable Magic Scotch Tape (from Office Max) over each rivet to prevent scratching up the skin. I checked each one with Averys Shop Head Rivet Gauges to make sure each one was perfect. Yeah, I know some people are wondering why I laid the cradles over on their sides to rivet. To me, it was just easier to handle the rivet gun and bucking bar with the skin laying on it's side.

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