Another two carriers roll off the production line

[Lynn Eades]

I think the rotary idea, is so that the rivets end up symetrical, and yes they will be hot. That way as they cool, they pull up tight,as well as spreading to fill the holes, so that there is no movement in shear.

[martyn]

Hi we had a trial run at rivetting on friday and found out that you can use a kango braker or two and thats enough to do the job were having a bit of difficulty guaging the lenth of the rivet and getting a good finsh but that will come with practice have got a few photos of us messing around hope you find them as funny as it was trying this for the first time.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by martyn

Hi we had a trial run at rivetting on friday and found out that you can use a kango braker or two and thats enough to do the job

Brilliant! Looks like a great job.

So, how many rivets does a Carrier count?

- Hanno

[Ledsel]

That looks damn good.

[aj.lec]

Looking good Martyn
I think the length depends a bit on how much clearance in the hole but the ones I did worked well at 1 diameter for 1/2 inch rivets per head and 1.25 for 3/8 inch as these seemed to compress more
Kangas look to do a nice consistent head .Well done

[Lynn Eades]

There is a formula for the length of the rivet. Anyone know how it goes?

[tankbarrell]

For a round head it should be 1.5 X rivet diameter. We will be starting to rivet a Ram back together soon and that has 3/8", 1/2", 5/8" and 3/4" dia. I have a large pneumatic rivet gun to do this but have not tried it yet......