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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 ar… (MORE)

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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.

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In Literary Terminology

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 … (MORE)

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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.

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In Mechanical Engineering

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 be said that the book was riveting.

JPaganel

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In Firearms

What does a rivet gun do?

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

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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 … (MORE)

Mark Swarthout

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Contract attorney. When not working I teach karate, collect stamps, write books, and play the ukulele.

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In Uncategorized

What does rivetting mean?

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

Mickmellors

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In History of Maritime

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… (MORE)

Charlie N.

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I have spent many years renovating buildings and leading a commercial handyman crew.

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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… (MORE)