The pin and the rivet.
How to riveting plastic sheet to plastic sheet.
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These little fittings are fantastic for using as a semi permanent hold on your structu.
Pop rivets are ideal for joining aluminium or even thin sheet plastic such as perspex.
Introduction punch riveting 1 2 and impulsive riveting 3 4 are two riveting methods previously proposed by the authors of this paper.
In both methods a rivet and rivet holder are used to join sheets.
For example a 5 32 inch 0 40 cm hole is created with a number 21 drill bit and you ll need a 5 32 inch 0 40 cm rivet with the proper nozzle attachment.
After studying the deformation of these sheets and confirming that their tensile strength depended on the strain rate applied we joined the sheets and studied their mechanical properties.
Citeseerx document details isaac councill lee giles pradeep teregowda.
Using a rivet gun involves drilling a hole through the two materials to be joined at the point you want to join them and inserting a rivet that has two parts.
The rivets are backed up on both sides by 3 16 id 3 4 od fender washers.
In punch riveting punching and.
The size of the hole you drill into your materials determines the appropriate rivet size.
For those interested in the technical details i am using 3 16 inch pop rivets.
Abstract in this study we used punch riveting tojoin plastic sheets made from polyvinyl chloride.
Pop rivets with fender washers outside view.