Today I disassembled the rudder skeleton, deburred all the holes, and edge finished the R-405PD rudder horn. Then I mounted the E-614-020 counter weight to the R-703 rib by enlarging the mounting holes in the rib to #12, then dimpling them with the #10 screw dimpler and countersinking the lead:
I won't mount the lead permanently until the rudder is riveted, so no nuts yet, and the lead is back on the shelf:
Finally I dimpled the skeleton parts, so the skeleton is now ready for scuffing and priming. I couldn't reach the rear holes of the two ribs with the squeezer, so I used the die holder for the rivet gun that I bought from Cleaveland with a male die, and a piece of steel with a countersunk hole as female die. Worked like a charm. If you wonder, that die holder is not in Cleaveland's catalog. It is part of their "Avery C-Frame Retrofit Kit", but if you call them and explain what you need they sell you just the die holder for a third of the price of the retrofit kit.
