Fossicker
some info for you re: rivets/riveting. the correct amount of rivet tail that needs to be protruding prior to compressing the rivet is ONE 1/2 times the rivets diameter ie: if it is a 1/4dia. rivet you need 3/8 to stick out the other side. it then should be compressed so that the tail is HALF the diameter of the rivet to provide structural integrity.
you can buy rivet snaps to suit the profile of the rivet heads you are using. check e-bay under sheetmetal or aviation tools, there should be something avail. there. these are used in conjunction with a pneumatic rivet gun, and an appropriate hunk of steel/dolly to back up and squash the tail. as has been mentioned there are various suppliers to the aircraft industry who could help you out with what you need. you can also get gauges to take some of the trial and error out of cutting to the correct the rivet to the correct length.
fyi i am an aircraft sheetie so this is my bread and butter. if you think some of the rivets are hard to reach on your landie then dont try working on commercial aircraft as they expect the impossible at times.
hope this helps someone and remember that if you stuff it up just drill it out and start again. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]
ForumSage
Subscriber8) this is nothing to do with the topic,
so wots new you say
just a welcome to another aircraft person
theres a few of us around here.
i dunno much about landie rivets, but i have a selection of pommie snaps for driving pommie rivets, if you [who want to rivet stuff] want to send me a rivet i can check if i have a snap to fit.
8)
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harry
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i'll have a ginger snap thanks...
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ForumSage
Subscriber8) personally i think the butternut snaps are better!
8)
harry
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you look the type [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img]Originally posted by harry
8) personally i think the butternut snaps are better!
8)
2007 Discovery 3 SE7 TDV6 2.7
2012 SZ Territory TX 2.7 TDCi
"Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." -- a warning from Adolf Hitler
"If you don't have a sense of humour, you probably don't have any sense at all!" -- a wise observation by someone else
'If everyone colludes in believing that war is the norm, nobody will recognize the imperative of peace." -- Anne Deveson
“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” - Pericles
"We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.” – Ayn Rand
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." Marcus Aurelius
ForumSage
Subscriber8) thanks unka inc.
i think we better snap outa this
8)
harry
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