[Towertalk] C3 Rivets

[N6ZO@aol.com]

The rivets that came with my c31xr came in a plactic zip lock bag, no model 
number or markings.  My dog loves zip lock bags and when I found the bag with 
the bottom chewed out and minus the rivets I called F12 to get  25 more 
rivets.  I was charged $20.  I had some of the same size rivets on hand and I 
think the whole box was under $5 for a couple hundered of them at home depot. 
 The head on the home depot rivets was slightly smaller  than the ones that 
came with the C31. I am sure the ones I got at home depot would have worked 
fine.  Not wanting to find out the hard way that I was wrong and to preserve 
the structural integrety,  I ordered the factory version anyway.  Not sure 
how much of the 20 dollar charge was "shipping and handling" .

73 

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