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Re: Use of pop-rivets?
They're really useful for little things like spacers, lexan, etc.
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Re: Use of pop-rivets?
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They're really useful for little things like spacers, lexan, etc.
What kind of spacer would you secure with a rivet?
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Re: Use of pop-rivets?
We use pop rivets of varying sizes everywhere. Only items which must use a bolt (such as an axle) get screw threads, everything else is a rivet.
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Re: Use of pop-rivets?
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What kind of spacer would you secure with a rivet?
They were really thin lexan ones on the base--they weren't secured solely with rivets. Rivets simply helped in holding down the middle.
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