Short session tonight. I had to install a hitch on our new truck, so I got to the rudder a little later than I had hoped. I clecoed and match drilled all of the stiffeners. Got everything removed and labeled as well.

On a separate note, my back riveting table was a little rough after the first coat of polyurethane. A quick and light sanding job did the trick and its smooth enough to use now. However, I do plan to repeat the process with urethane and sanding in the near future.

Finished all of the stiffeners today. With my method fairly well established, I got through them in no time.

With that complete, I turned my attention to my next issue. I’m not very well setup for back riveting, so I decided, since I’d need to be back riveting very soon, I should solve that problem. I will post the solution in a separate post.