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Fellow Builders,

I riveted the skin onto my HS the other day. Unbeknownst to me, I had selected my most evil bucking bar for this task, which waited patiently whilst I riveted away happily, until I stopped concentrating for a moment when the foul thing twisted in my hand to create this perfectly-formed dent in the HS front spar:



After my horror subsided, I emailed Vans asking if I was doomed, and what to do. As usual, they replied immediately. Before I reveal their response, would anyone care to guess what they said?

John

build on...

Since I'm all but guaranteed to be wrong, I'll go first. (or second )

"looks ok"

Hmm, since you were using a bucking bar I imagine its the front spar. Seeing that I dont see any sign of the doublers I imagine its farther out towards the spar. And lastly, it appears to only affect the inside of the flange. My quess is to keep on trucking.

-- John

It's just the flange. Build on.
If it were in the web it may be a different story.

You're all correct, I guess dents look much bigger on your own plane than on someone else's. Vans said "Do nothing to it, move on..."

John