Basic principles a bucked rivet is a round fastener that attaches two or more pieces of metal together.
How to rivet sheet metal together.
Afterward you need to strike it hard on the opposite side to straighten its head.
Insert a rivet into the hole.
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The tubular rivet body and the setting mandrel.
Both pieces are inserted into a hole and a special tool appropriately called a riveter is placed over the mandrel.
Drill a 1 8 inch hole through one or more sheets of metal that need to be riveted up to 1 2 inch thick.
For riveting the metal pieces that are usually very heavy need to be held together firmly.
The rivet is driven by a pneumatic rivet gun with an attached rivet set shaped according to the shape of the manufactured head of the rivet.
Blind rivets are made of two preassembled pieces.
Choose the appropriate rivet size and capacity for the project for example 1 8 inch diameter and 1 2 inch.
Once that is done a hole is drilled through the structure and a rivet is inserted in the hole it is held against the structure strongly on one side.