Recent content by tmkr81

Kevin54: You are exactly correct about dealing with aerospace companies. They live & die by there specs. The same 100° countersunk rivet has different dimensions that have to be held for the different customers. The aerospace companies tie your hands but its understandable why. After reading...

I could try the rivet trimmer. I have been turning the rivets down on the lathe but that is somewhat time consuming when I'm doing 50-150 at a time. There are two rivets I'm using both are 3/32 Ø, one is Monel and the other is 347 Stainless Steel. I am also required to hold a min. head thickness...

I am a Toolmaker by trade but recently my company has gotten into assembling the various aerospace brackets we machine. These assemblies require us to install nut plates/rivets. The problem I'm having is, our customer Specks the rivet part# we are allowed to use and in almost all cases the rivet...