michele.delsol(at)microsi
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 Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 4:41 am Post subject: rivets |
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I am responding a little late as I am reading past mails but since no one
has mentioned it I thought I'd bring more info.
Rivets have a mark on them which identifies the material they are made of.
In our case the dimple indicates that the alloy is 2117 which is the only
alloy specially made for rivets I know of which does not require heating the
rivet (annealing) prior to using it. Other rivets have a cross, two crosses,
four dimples, a star, etc. each one representing a particular kind of
alloy/heat treatment combination.
If I were you I'd stay away from unidentified rivets and from all rivets
which require annealing. Annealing is OK but it is a hassle. The technique
is to heat them with a torch inside a metal basket on which you scrapped
some basic soap - not the Dove or Zest kind. When the soap turns brown then
the temperature is OK. You then have an hour or two to use them before they
harden up again.
Michele
RV8 - Finishing
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