Riveting the F706 bulkhead
4h
September 12, 2022
Today I riveted the F706 bulkhead and primed the remaining aft bulkheads.
Not much, used my manual squeezer to install the rivets. Took a bit of an effort to make sure all parts are tight to each other, one rivet I had to remove and re-install with the rivet gun. I think, this was, actually, the first universal rivet I bucked with the gun! So far I was able to squeeze all of them.
There were four #41 holes that were shared between F-706A-L/R and F-706B, which I decided to drill and dimple (so I don't have to dimple two layers later). I made a small logistic mistake here. Two of these four holes are for attaching the nut plates, which I usually attach with NAS1097, so I should not have dimpled them. Now I will have to dimple the nut plates, which is not a big deal (this is how plans tell you to do them anyway).
Also, I primed the remaining aft bulkheads.
![Riveting F706 together.](/_app/immutable/assets/0-riveting-f706.DE1taE2u.jpeg?nf_resize=smartcrop&w=180&h=180)
![F706 riveted.](/_app/immutable/assets/1-riveting-f706-2.5sR08_j3.jpeg?nf_resize=smartcrop&w=180&h=180)
![Some of the primed parts.](/_app/immutable/assets/2-primed-parts.D15QDyB1.jpeg?nf_resize=smartcrop&w=180&h=180)
![More of the primed parts.](/_app/immutable/assets/3-more-primed-parts.D22veXBc.jpeg?nf_resize=smartcrop&w=180&h=180)
![Two more parts.](/_app/immutable/assets/4-two-more.Cnbem36s.jpeg?nf_resize=smartcrop&w=180&h=180)