So - Where is Spring???

First full day of spring.  Weather still in the 40's during the day and high 20's at night.  Not good for working in the shop.  I is COLD in there.  Can't get much work done so things have slowed down a bit.  Hands and fingers get cold after a few minutes.  Not to mention the feet on the cold concrete.  Okay - Maybe I'm a wuss.  ;)  But I find it difficult to work in such an environment.  I have been practicing my riveting skills though.  I am ready to rivet my spar pieces.  A bit apprehensive on undertaking the riveting.   Don't want to mess up my work with bad rivets.  I asked a good friend about it (an experienced aircraft mechanic) and he said to practice, practice, practice.  Makes sense.  So I have been banging some rivets into scrap pieces of aluminum.  I think my touch is getting better.  Maybe a few more dozen practice rounds before committing to the real deal on the spars I've worked so hard on.

I will probably be in the shop later today or this evening to get some more practice.  I'll snap some pics and add to the blog here for documentation.

Till then -

As always -- thanks for checking in.

Greg.

BTW - you will see ads on my blog.  These are put there by Google (owners of blogger.com)  If you find them interesting click on them.  If not - click on them anyway.  The more clicks I get - the more $$ I get to offset the price of rivets and other trinkets that I need for my CX4!  Really - just kidding - I would appreciate it though.

Be safe -

** Update **  Here are two pics of my rivet practice...

I need to get a rivet gauge to see if I'm getting them set correctly

- Two of my practice rivets -