So I finally found a break in the weather as well as some time in my schedule that allowed me to get some primer on a few of my parts. I didn’t mix enough primer to cover the parts I had, and I didn’t have enough sunlight to mix more and finish shooting it. But I was able to prime enough parts to get a few parts riveted together.
After the epoxy set for 48 hours, I was back in the garage to rivet together the torque tube brackets. I did a decent job marking up the parts to make sure they go back together the right way, however I did end up setting a bad rivet that took way too long to drill out / extract.
Then when went to attach the torque tube brackets to the ribs, I ended up mucking up another rivet during the attach process. After digging out that rivet, my bucking bar slipped while trying to set it again. I probably should have walked away at that point but I can sometimes get stubborn. Easy to remove the half-set rivet, and after a small pause, I was able to finally set that one rivet properly. (I will have to touch up the primer a little due to my efforts )
Then it was on to riveting the flap hinge brackets followed by using the unibit to drill out the wire run holes. (I plan on running a conduit through the stock location, as well as a second conduit through one of the lightening holes).
I also added in the snap bushings for the pitot system. Next step is to attach the ribs to the Spars, but waiting to get a few other items done first since I have limited bench space.