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To: british-cars@autox.team.net (british-cars@autox.team.net)
Subject: Rivets
From: Bob Spidell <spidell@hpcc01.corp.hp.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 94 8:51:03 PST
WRT:
>
>
>Do any of you, perhaps the Lotus 7 bunch, know what the heirarchy of
>rivets is ?  There's the humble pop version, and then there's the two 
>sided kind that we used at de Havilland on the aircraft. Is there a 
>"qaulity" version for non-stressed car work, that is superior to the 
>pops? I have not seen anything else for sale here in Ontario. 
>Maybe I'm just being unfair to the pop rivets? Several brackets on the 
>TR3 are held down with them !
>
There is a type (brand?) of rivets known as "Cherry Rivets" used in    
nonstructural aircraft applications.  They are similar to ordinary pop
rivets but, presumably, are more sturdy and/or better QC'd.

Aircraft Spruce, among others, can supply.

regards,
bs




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