{"id":365,"date":"2010-10-09T19:03:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-10T00:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rosie.remarc.com\/?p=365"},"modified":"2012-02-05T19:35:37","modified_gmt":"2012-02-06T00:35:37","slug":"looking-forward-to-a-bucking-good-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosie.remarc.com\/?p=365","title":{"rendered":"Looking forward to a bucking good time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/frankstrailerworksblog.blogspot.com');\"  href=\"http:\/\/frankstrailerworksblog.blogspot.com\">Frank<\/a> sent me the pro-offered aluminum piece to cover the over-sized poorly done air conditioner hole and \u00a0old rivet holes. \u00a0He kindly pre-drilled the rivet holes and pre-cut the standard 14 inch hole. \u00a0 Thanks Frank!<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/picasaweb.google.com\/lh\/photo\/nIjzXdqRqXfdEy-FhQ_XcNMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink');\"  href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/lh\/photo\/nIjzXdqRqXfdEy-FhQ_XcNMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-e8LU2fjuwKw\/Tkh4UbibizI\/AAAAAAAAEQ0\/SXKYrGkMwt4\/s400\/2010-10-09_17-37-41_645.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I prepped the trailer roof (cleaned again, ragged pieces cut or bent down) and\u00a0gathered my supplies\/tools for this project<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-CKox_IpHAvI\/Tkh4T_z2pfI\/AAAAAAAAEQw\/g38H_m_QdSk\/s400\/2010-10-09_16-58-51_616.jpg');\"  href=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-CKox_IpHAvI\/Tkh4T_z2pfI\/AAAAAAAAEQw\/g38H_m_QdSk\/s400\/2010-10-09_16-58-51_616.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-CKox_IpHAvI\/Tkh4T_z2pfI\/AAAAAAAAEQw\/g38H_m_QdSk\/s400\/2010-10-09_16-58-51_616.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>rivet gun, bee hive spring, and machine tool tester from\u00a0<a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/averytools.com');\"  href=\"http:\/\/averytools.com\">Avery Tools<\/a><\/li>\n<li>modified 1\/8-5\/32 rivet set, 5\/32 aluminum rivets and black clecos from\u00a0<a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/vintagetrailersupply.com');\"  href=\"http:\/\/vintagetrailersupply.com\">VTS<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sikaflex 721 \u00a0sealant from Airstream<\/li>\n<li>my handy dandy Makita portable drill and a #20 drill bit<\/li>\n<li>air compressor (15o psi 6 gallon pancake)<\/li>\n<li>clamps for securing the aluminum sheet (and test pieces)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Since I have never bucked solid rivets before, I decided to practice some before marring Rosie or Frank&#8217;s piece. \u00a0I drilled some holes in 2 layers of aluminum flashing \u00a0and put some \u00a0clecos in to hold them together. \u00a0The trailer roof and new aluminum roof piece are thicker than the flashing pieces, but still good for practice. \u00a0I did a few on my own, then had Craig do the bucking while I did the gun two handed and by-golly, the last couple didn&#8217;t turn out half bad. \u00a0I started out with the psi at 90 and that was too high even though recommended for that gun and rivet size, 75-80 psi seemed better.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow I&#8217;ll drill the rivet holes in Rosie&#8217;s roof using Frank&#8217;s piece as a template, securing with clecos as I go so the holes stay true. Then I&#8217;ll put sealant down and get Craig to help me buck the rivets. \u00a0Robin, if you&#8217;re out there, keep you fingers crossed from me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frank sent me the pro-offered aluminum piece to cover the over-sized poorly done air conditioner hole and \u00a0old rivet holes. \u00a0He kindly pre-drilled the rivet holes and pre-cut the standard 14 inch hole. \u00a0 Thanks Frank! I prepped the trailer roof (cleaned again, ragged pieces cut or bent down) and\u00a0gathered my supplies\/tools for this project [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosie.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosie.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosie.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosie.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosie.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=365"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/rosie.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":369,"href":"https:\/\/rosie.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions\/369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosie.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosie.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosie.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}