“I shoot and he bucks”

With the leading edge prep work done, I clecoed them together. Here’s the left leading edge.

Left LE clecoed together

The next day, Captain John and I riveted them.

LEs riveted

John and I have a pretty good riveting rhythm going…I shoot and he bucks. Using my Sioux 2x gun with a straight mushroom set (yep, we’re going bareback here – no swivel set or rubber guard) and the tungsten bucking bar I bought from Bucking Bars by Webster, we got really good results.