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Originally Posted by GreyingJay
With respect to rivet material, I was reading somewhere that said you should choose the same material of rivet as the material you are fastening, e.g. aluminum rivets for aluminum plates.
I can understand wanting thermal expansion properties to be the same for construction of long-term, permanent structures like vehicles. But does this apply for FRC robot construction? In other words - why wouldn't I always use, say, steel rivets, for strength?
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Not really in FRC, but it humid environments it is best to use similar metals to prevent galvanic corrosion.
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