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Originally Posted by Infinity2718
I am curious on the decision to go with 1/8" diameter rivets, is there a reason for going to that size?
It doesn't have much of a weight savings and they are significantly weaker than larger diameters.
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The main reason we go 1/8" whenever possible ise because we have a pneumatic riveter for 1/8" rivets and small hand riveters for 1/8" rivets.
Our only 1/4" riveter is a very large tool by comparison, so if something breaks it takes more time to rivet it. It's almost impossible to use the 1/4" riveter on the robot.
Occasionally we use 3/16" rivets as the small hand riveters and pneumatic riveter work with those, like on our pickup arm this year.