Tonight I made progress but not much on the final riveting of the framework that supports the side skins.
First was these covers that get solid flush rivets. The ones at the bottom were a bit of a challenge to get the pneumatic squeezer on nice and straight. Ended up using the hand squeezer and the no hole yoke for them.
Next these armrest support clips get riveted on.
Then the forward vertical supports get riveted to the floor. These were a tight fit for the rivet puller.
Then I unfortunately spent the rest of the evening dealing with these little bad boys. The rivets Van's calls out for these just barely have enough grip length for these holes! A couple on both sides ended up losing the stem because it was not captured. I drilled them out and replaced them. On one side one hole did it twice. I wanted these perfect since they support the front stub spar of the wing.
The shop head side of these annoying puppies.....
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