Results for: Rivet

In Cruises and Ocean Liners

Riveting and welding?

Riveting - when a solid fastener is placed in a drilled hole and expanded to hold an object in place. Welding - when a thin wire ('filler') is melted along with the area of … ( Full Answer )
In Technology

What is a rivet?

A rivet is a mechanical fastener used to, in many cases, hold a firearm together. They can be removed for cleaning or fixing of a gun.
In English Language

What does riveted mean?

1. To fasten with a rivet, or with rivets; as, to rivet two pieces of iron.. 2. To spread out the end or point of, as of a metallic pin, rod, or bolt, by beating or pressing,… ( Full Answer )
In Arts and Crafts

What is a snap rivet?

A round head or "button head" rivet. Typically only used for solid rivets with such a head shape.
In Cruises and Ocean Liners

What does riveting mean?

Riveting means extremely engrossing and interesting. For example,if you were reading a book that you could not put down, it could besaid that the book was riveting.
In Firearms

What does a rivet gun do?

It installs rivets. Usually these are pop rivets. The standard rivet tools are air hammers.
In Uncategorized

What is a molly rivet?

A Molly Rivet is much like a standard rivet except the shank on a molly rivet mushrooms out to grip a hollow wall. they still require the use of a rivet gun, they just have a … ( Full Answer )
In Uncategorized

What does rivetting mean?

It means that they cannot take their attention away from you, theyare rivetted (a type of fastener) to you.
In Titanic

What was the rivets on Titanic?

Harland Wolff archived records state that over 3 million rivets were needed to build the Titanic. A shortage of high quality rivets lead to inferior quality metal rivets bein… ( Full Answer )
In Hand Tools

How do you get a stuck rivet out of a rivet gun?

In all such tools, FIRST remove the source of power, air line orelectric cable, then dismantle the head of the tool where the rivet isjammed. Most rivet or nail guns have scre… ( Full Answer )