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Re: [TowerTalk] Pop Rivets

To: "Bill Parry" <bparry@rgv.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Pop Rivets
From: Dino Darling <dino@k6rix.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:20:54 -0800
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Go to http://www.mcmaster.com/

Type "3195" in the search box on the left.

You want the following part number...

97524A020
Sealing Blind Rivet Domed, Alum/Stl, 1/8" Dia, .063"-.125" Material Thk
In stock at $5.25 per Pack
This product is sold in Packs of 100

Sealing Blind Rivets
Also known as closed-end sealing rivets; these fasteners prevent water and air from passing through or around them. Because 100% of the mandrel is retained they have higher shear and tensile strength than standard blind rivets of the same size and material.


Aluminum rivets with steel mandrel are nonmagnetic. Rivets are corrosion resistant and made of 5056 aluminum; mandrels are C1006-C1010 steel.


At 10:11 AM 1/10/2008, you wrote:


I am doing some antenna work and seemed to remember a discussion about the
1/8" pop rivets that Force 12 uses in their antennas. Is the some special
type of pop rivets or are they the ones that you can get over at Home
Depot/Lowes?

Incidentally, I remember a lot of talk about the pop rivets "wallowing out"
and getting loose. The C3E I took down has been at 125 feet for about 5
years and there is no evidence of that at all even though we do have our
share of wind here about 75 miles from the Texas coast.

Bill, W5VX

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