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!
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Tom Holt
tholt@starlight.us.dell.com
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> 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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