UPSET from Merriam Webster online dictionary: 1up·set Pronunciation: \(ˌ)əp-ˈset\ Function: verb Inflected Form(s): up·set; up·set·ting Date: 1677 transitive verb1: to thicken and shorten (as a heated bar of iron) by hammering on the end : swage No...upsetting is what you DO, a "rivet set" (a big hunk of iron with a machined-in socket for the rivet head) for the factory head and either a pneumatic rivet setter or a ball-peen hammer are what you do it with.
I assume the rivet you are asking about is a "tinners" rivet and not a more common "blind" rivet (commonly known as a "pop" rivet). If this the case the tool you want is called a "rivet set".
upset -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upsetting the rivet is to compress the rivet during the installation process. That can be done with a rivet gun to "hammer" the rivet against a bucking bar, or to use a rivet squeezer to compress the rivet.
a rivet gun is a gun
A DD rivet is recognised by 2 dashes on the head of the rivet
A ball-peen (also spelled pein) hammer, also known as a machinist's hammer, is a type of peening hammer used in metalworking. It is distinguished from a cross-peen hammer, point-peen hammer or chisel-peen hammer by having one hemispherical head and one flat head. Though the process of peening has become rarer in metal fabrication, the ball-peen hammer remains useful for many tasks, such as striking punches and chisels.A ball peen hammer is for shaping metal sheet.
A ball-peen hammer is a hammer with a flat head and an opposite, rounded - peening - head.
A ball-peen hammer is applied to shape metal .
Depends on the type of rivet but most can be removed by drilling off the head with a larger size drill bit then pushing the rivet the rest of the way out. You will then need a rivet gun and appropiate size rivet to replace it.
The distance between rows of rivets from the center of the rivet to the other rivet in a pattern that is staggered.
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Élise Rivet was born in 1890.