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The rivets are heated to red hot so that they are more pliable (softer). When placed in the holes bored for them hydraulic hammers are used on both sides of the rivet to hammer then against the surface they are to hold. When they cool down they contract pulling the surfaces of the metal together even tighter.

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The rivets are heated to red hot so that they are more pliable (softer). When placed in the holes bored for them hydraulic hammers are used on both sides of the rivet to hammer then against the surface they are to hold. When they cool down they contract pulling the surfaces of the metal together even tighter.


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