[TowerTalk] RE: [Force 12 Talk] rivets

[Dino Darling]

Same place!

>McMaster-Carr (page # 3115)...

http://www.mcmaster.com/

In the search box, type BLIND RIVETS and hit return.

In the left column, click on "Blind Closed-End Rivets"


The part number for the aluminum rivets with aluminum mandrels (not 
recommended)
<javascript:TargetLink('TR2113','tr','PT21131','97524A030');>97524A030
<javascript:TargetLink('TR2114','tr','PT21141','97524A031');>97524A031

These rivets are made of "1100" rather than "5056"



At 08:45 AM 02/02/2005 -0600, you wrote:
>Where did you find rivets with aluminum mandrel?  Those must be rare as
>hen's teeth.
>
>Keith NM5G
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Force12Talk-bounces at qth.com [mailto:Force12Talk-bounces at qth.com] On
>Behalf Of Dino Darling
>Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 3:52 AM
>To: force12talk at qth.com
>Subject: Re: [Force 12 Talk] rivets
>
>To correctly answer your question Tony, YES YES YES; they are much better
>than your standard blind rivet!
>
>McMaster-Carr sells "Blind, Closed End Rivets".  With an element wall
>thickness of .058" per element tube, you need a rivet that covers .116"
>
>The part numbers for McMaster-Carr is (page # 3115)...
>
>97524A020 - $3.69 per 100
>(.063 - .125) 2 tubes = .116"
>
>97524A021 - $3.96 per 100
>(.126 - .187) 3 tubes = .174"
>
>This is an aluminum rivet with a STEEL mandrel.  It is argued that you get
>more clamping power with a steel mandrel over an aluminum mandrel as it
>takes more force to break the steel.  You want aluminum rivets for obvious
>reasons.
>
>Here is what McMaster-Carr says about Closed End Rivets...
>
>"Closed-End Sealing Blind Rivets - These rivets have a special solid end
>that seals tight against vapors and liquids. Once set, part of the mandrel
>stays in the rivet to give you more shear and tensile strength than standard
>blind rivets of the same size and material. Shear strength (listed in chart)
>is the amount of force applied against a rivet that will cause it to break."
>
>http://www.mcmaster.com/
>
>
>At 09:33 AM 02/01/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> >Are the rivets that Force 12 supplies any different then the rivets you
> >can buy at Home Depot - Arrow aluminum 1/8"?
> >N2TK, Tony
>
>
>
>
>Dino...k6rix at earthlink.net
>
>
>
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