She is suppose to be here in wichita in a couple of weeks - I will just ask her what the heck happened

I'm thinking I'm not seeing what I thought in the first place...the raise areas are caused by the rib, not the skin, correct? Correct. I should have filed or trimmed the leading edge of each forward rib. I will on the Right wing :!: I wish the pics would have came out better. Maybe you get the idea...

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Hi all! I have an issue with my leading edge skins (Sonex a/c). Hoping you guys may be able to give me some direction. :? After drilling and clecoing the skins on, I noticed the leading edge skins have small "raised" areas in-line with each forward rib. Indicating I should have trimmed or filed a li...

Thanks for the link gil, very informative!! I can't remember where I saw it - but a couple of years ago there was a technical paper on joint strength vs. over, under & properly driven rivets. It looked at shear, tear, and peel strength. Without finding it - I recall that an over driven rivet has alm...

Thanks EVERYONE! You guys are a very welcoming bunch. I will pound some more rivets tonight leaving the shop head a little taller. Like I said before, it will be no problem doing this and being well within diameter specs.

You guys ROCK

If the height of the shop head is not high enough but the diameter is correct, you just need to use a longer rivet. The diameter is WAY within specs.. I just keep pounding away until the height is even with the gauge. Maybe I should just stop and leave the shop head high enough the gauge just will ...

Hi there, I have been "lurking" here for a couple months but ran into a problem that requires the experts, RV builders! Not on an RV, but I am setting -5 rivets into a Main Spar and was questioning myself using the Avery Rivet Gauge. I understand that the "roundness" of the shop end should be a litt...