Forging rivet tools from scrap ball bearings, springs, and railroad track steel. This project involves creating blacksmith dome head rivets, which proved to be more challenging than expected. Tools ...

The tragic sinking of the Titanic nearly a century ago can be blamed on low-grade rivets that the ship's builders used on some parts of the ill-fated liner, two experts on metals conclude in a new ...

Nonthreaded fasteners often are simple designs, but they solve a wide range of fastening problems. Rivets and pins can be used as inexpensive alternatives to threaded fasteners in automated assembly.

POP ® Avdel ®, the largest blind rivet supplier in the industry, is now offering a countersunk rivet head option to go with the more common mushroom style for use with its NeoSpeed Speed Fastening ...

Blind rivets, or breakstems, provide vibrationproof fastening for a wide variety of materials. But designers must know at least the basics before specifying them for applications. Rivets have been ...

The Rhode Island company extends its curated lineup of premium marine-grade hardware to meet the growing global demand for metric A4-rated stainless fasteners ...