You may have to secure two thin pieces of metal together from time to time. It's possible to do this with solder, epoxy or screws with special threads meant for biting into thin metal, but my guess is ...

Learn how to forge nice rounded dome head rivets from straight metal stock in this blacksmithing demonstration. I walk ...

One of the most noticeable methods of adding the handcrafted, purposeful mechanical look to a hot rod is with the use of rivets. Not since Rosie the Riveter was putting airplanes together during World ...

Use a manual pop rivet gun to install pop rivets is an easy way to permanently connect a wide range of materials together. Pop rivets are hollow, cylindrical-shaped connectors that have a long pin ...

Whether you’re making, repairing, or hacking something together, we all need fastners. Screws, nuts and bolts, and pop rivets are handy sometimes. Various resins and even hot glue are equally useful.

Rivet guns are a necessity if you need to secure a blind rivet or pop rivet. These types of fasteners are frequently used if you do not have access to the other side of the materials you are securing ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Commercial airliners have up to a million rivets, some of which are unavoidably created with imperfections that make them more susceptible to corrosion, leading to cracks that ...

Solid rivets look cool. They lend an air of vintage race car or aviation inspiration to a project. They also enable dissimilar metals to be joined, or, in the case of the hood on our project vehicle ...