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Fuselage July 2006 Updates July 18, 2006 More Riveting.... - 3.0 hrs WOW! My buddy Jon Baker came over for a rivet session. I cranked up the 70's tunes on XM radio and we started busting it out. We just about got the entire forward section complete from the 04 bulkhead forward. Including the armrests. It sure is nice having someone that has done this before to help. After a while it was like we were reading each others minds. We were backriveting as much as we could. 1 or 2 more sessions like this and this baby will be a canoe. Thanks again Jon for your help! I will put up a pic tomorrow of this new back rivet bucking bar from Averys. If you are doing allot of skins this thing works great. It has plenty of mass and you can use either end. It fits your hand good and one end is a bit smaller and can fit between 2 clecoed holes. This website was built to document my work in compliance with the FAA requirements needed to certify my aircraft. My experiences and comments are by no means to be considered as instructions on how to build any aircraft.