Thanks for the info, I just thought a rivet was a rivet and that alumminum
was better, corrosion etc. Now to find steel rivets.
Thanks for the info.
Jack
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Holt [mailto:tholt@starlight.us.dell.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 15, 1999 11:47 AM
> To: Jack Levy; autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Rivetting question
>
>
> Jack,
> It's probably more a factor of the rivets used. If the
> other guy is using
> a rivet with a steel mandrel, it will clamp a lot tighter. If they are a
> steel rivet with the steel mandrel, they will hold up even better. If
> you're just using the cheapest rivets from the local home
> improvment store,
> they are more than likely aluminum rivets with an aluminum mandrel and
> don't hold up as well as some of the better brands. Personally I only use
> steel rivets with a steel mandrel. I tried aluminum rivets but the normal
> vibrations on my car caused many of them to fail after a year or so. The
> best part about aluminum rivets is they drill out easy!
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> Tom Holt
> tholt@starlight.us.dell.com
>
> ----------
> > From: Jack Levy <jack@cocoinc.com>
> > To: autox@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Rivetting question
> > Date: Monday, February 15, 1999 10:17 AM
> >
> >
> > This is probably a very stupid question but here it goes. I use one of
> those
> > swivel head rivet guns with aluminum rivets and thought I was riveting
> > correctly until I saw some rivets done by someone else and the back part
> of
> > the rivet was much flatter and held better than mine. Is this a function
> of
> > the gun the type of rivet or my technique. I just thought you stuck the
> > rivet in the gun stuck it in, squeezed all the way to flatten then
> squeeze
> > to cut, have I been doing it wrong all this time?
> >
> > Jack
> >
> >
>
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