Riveting

So someday when I get to do some riveting, how important is it to purchase the riveters with specially ground heads? Would any hand riveter work?

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Permalink Reply by Bob Jones on August 22, 2019 at 4:35am

At least in theory, the avex are stronger then a solid rivet in that they have a steel core .

Permalink Reply by Dan Hill on August 22, 2019 at 7:29am

We are splitting hairs now and I am not going down this path, but I will say that we are now into conjecture. If we look at the Zenith construction standards they show 1/8" AN rivets to have a nominal shear of 160 kg or 352 pounds, when I compare them to the AVEX rivet data sheet it shows  1/8" to have an ultimate shear of 155 pounds. Dan.

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