[Shop-talk] Rivets won't pop

[John Innis]

I'd suspect you just got a bunch of rivets that have gone bad.  How
far did the mandrel pull before it broke?

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 2:14 PM, David Hillman
<hillman at planet-torque.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Jan 2011, John Innis wrote:
>>
>> Are you using the correct size rivet for the hole you drilled? (Or
>> conversely the correct size drill for the rivets you have).  These can
>> usually only tolerate a hole slightly larger than the diameter of the
>> rivet shank.
>
>   Yes.  The blind ends are just not appreciably larger once installed.
> Washers have been suggested, but those won't help either unless I can get
> the blind end to 'squish out' larger than the ID.
>
>   Also, the gun has multiple nosepieces for different sizes, and I was
> switching back and forth appropriately.
>
> --
>  David Hillman
>



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