Spiro asked if "thinner tube with threaded tube fits into the thicker threaded tube". No, Nutsert (don't know spelling) is kind of like a tube that has threads at one end inside it. The nutsert is poked through a predrilled hole in something like sheet metal and squashed with a gun or threaded tool. The squeezing of the nutsert locks it in place kind of like a pop rivet.
----- Original Message ----- From: Spiro To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 3:45 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Pop Rivets Question are these those things that look like two tophats with one thinner than the other? The thinner threaded tube fits into the thicker threaded tube and they join flush? What tightens them, and what are the strengths and weaknesses. I have a rolling backpack to fix for my kid and that might be just perfect; unless you have to buy a gun for them too. On Tue, 16 Feb 2010, Art Rizzino wrote: > Bill one of the names for the rivet with threads in it is called nutsert (I don't know how to spell nutsert though). > They are used for making threads in things like sheet metal. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bill Gallik > To: Blind Handyman > Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 2:32 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Pop Rivets Question > > > > I have somebody who asked me about what a rivet tool was and what it's uses are. I'd like to explain a pop rivet to her, but I'm not sure the best terminology. > > Can anybody tell me what the correct term is for the shank on a pop rivet? > > Also, would the "flange" or rim of the pop rivet correctly be called the shoulder? > > And now, I also have these goofy rivets that have no shank. The rivet tool these came with have a threaded shank that is inserted into the rivet tool before the head is attached. Then the rivet itself threads onto this shank after the head is threaded onto the rivet tool itself. Of course, the rivet rim or shoulder goes onto this threaded shank first and the bottom of the rivet body threads on to the exposed end of this "threaded shank." Can anybody tell me the correct name of this type of rivet? > > Thanks! > > And guys, remember, I'm trying to make a good impression with this gal so no foolishness about shanks and bulges, etc! Please! > ---- > Holland's Person, Bill > - "Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint." > - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
