I'm thinking about naming mine 'Wishfull Thinking' when the time comes. Dunno why... maybe it has to do with the excessive number of hours I've spent wishing this thing would build itself!!

Ok, so I was cleaning around the hangar today, getting ready to open the fuse box, and I rolled my wing cradle around to get it out of the way. I noticed big white splotches all over the top and bottom skins around the wing walk area. It dawned on me... it was 105 degrees F when I was riveting this ...

Nice Chad, I am just waiting for your first flight. Its going to be a great day for you, but a sad day for me... Perhaps its because I've been following your project for the last 2 years and I wont have anything to look at anymore!

Great work man, its all fixing to pay off!

JOHN TIPTON wrote:Hi Guys

Supplementary question:

Can I use normal POP rivets pullers for 'Cherry' rivets, I've got both hand and pneumatic

Cheers

John

Yes you can use the normal puller. Its amazing how much more "tough" the cherry max rivets feel while pulling them!

So, I am in the middle of a relocation for work, and everything I own was in a storage unit. I HAD a cherokee 180 so I was looking for a hangar. Long wait lists, etc... I decided to sell the 180. 1 week after I sell it, a hangar comes available... imagine that! I went ahead and took the hangar, and ...