Fuselage - Forward Section
I finished-up the left side AFT of F-704, and started on the right side. After a few hours, Patricia came out and offered to help. Again, my arms were rubber from riveting overhead, but I couldn't pass up the help. We started on the AFT rivets that I could not reach by myself, and managed to mangle the all-important rolled edge.
So, what happened, and what can we do to get things right the next time? Well, as I said, I was tired, and should have quit. You have to resist setting just one more rivet, when you are tired. The second problem was that Patricia had not set or bucked a rivet in probably 9 months. We did a few easy to get at rivets for practice, and after a few mistakes, I thought we were ready for the AFT rivets, so that really was not a problem. The real problem was that Patricia is pretty short, and she could not reach the rivets comfortably. I should have gotten her a chair to stand on, or a foot stool, but like I said, I was tired and not thinking straight. Next time will be better.