Scott sez:
Anyway, once you've got a rivet gun, attaching pop rivets
is about as hard as stapling.
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Make absolutely double cross-my-heart-and-spit sure you
get aluminum rivets! I just spent several days in a neck
brace from attempting to install 150 stainless rivets with
a standard rivet gun. (Couldn't use aluminum in this
application, unfortunately.)
You can also get soft steel rivets, but the aluminum ones
will work as well and they won't rust.
There are also two types of guns, cast aluminum and steel
bodied. The aluminum one doesn't give enough leverage and
can break apart when trying to set anything other than
aluminum rivets.
If you live in a salty environment, a touch of zinc-chromate
paste can prevent electrolysis problems.
Aran (Not a frogeye. Rivet, Rivet.) Guy guy@bevsun.bev.lbl.gov
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