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Re: Riveting up a frame
Interesting discussion - good question Billfred. I'm surprised to hear the amount of success using rivets and the kitbot, especially using backing washers. Normal design practice for rivets - at least in my work experience - is to avoid tensile loading and just use them for shear loading (obviously they have some amount of tensile capability, but they aren't designed for it) Installation involves match drilling close fit holes - I would think that the kitbot standard clearance holes are nowhere near adequate to get a good interference fit after bucking or popping. Has anyone run any calcs or tested tensile load capacity?
S.P.A.M. (I can't say 'we' anymore) has used rivets very successfully on some structural components, but not the chassis. Definitely the lightweight solution if you can make it work.
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Last edited by Gary Dillard : 18-12-2006 at 17:04.
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