To flatten the head of a heated rivet, so that it permanently joins two pieces of metal.
a rivet gun is a gun
Spelled RIVET. It sets a metal fastener (a rivet) that permanently joins two pieces of metal.
a rivet gun is a gun
Because it is designed to drive rivets into metal.
A rivet gun is used to punch steel bolts into steel beams.
to use a pop rivet gun you have to get two pieces of metel and drill 2 holes into the metal
The stem of the rivet is discarded. It is pulled in to the rivet gun and breaks off at a cetain point.
jimmy
Yes. It would be very difficult to pull the shank through the flange without a rivet gun.
It installs rivets. Usually these are pop rivets. The standard rivet tools are air hammers.
upset -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upsetting the rivet is to compress the rivet during the installation process. That can be done with a rivet gun to "hammer" the rivet against a bucking bar, or to use a rivet squeezer to compress the rivet.
There are a number of retailers from whom a rivet gun can be purchased. These include Home Depot and Amazon. Another retailer to stock these is Lowe's.