Exploding rivets

[beebest]

Used some old industrial exploding rivets to install flocked rubber to window run channel. Worked great, you use soldering iron to set them off, sounded like a 22 short. Rescued these from my Dad's estate years ago. They are probably 30 years old.

 

[dadsbee]

I have a LOT of rivets around here, probably 2 million+, but that's a new one on me!

I hope the heads pulled down into the flocking so they're below the surface.

 

[beebest]

The heads pulled down pretty good. They are just barely below the flocking. Should be fine.
I have 3 boxes of three different sizes, I'm sure my Dad got these out of the Chrysler Twinsburg stamping plant.

 

[eldubb440]

you'll shoot your eye out kid!

 

[Don Frelier]

Riveting

Simply riveting

 

[sam dupont]

there's an explosive charge at the tip that flares the end? Don't suppose you'd set one off for us.

 

[beebest]

there's an explosive charge at the tip that flares the end? Don't suppose you'd set one off for us.

There is, maybe I'll try and shoot a video tomorrow, if I can figure out how to post it,

 

[eldubb440]

Riveting

Simply riveting

nice

 

[eldubb440]

 

[beebest]

I love it!!!

 

[440Coronet500]

Always wear safety glasses! 440

 

[eldubb440]

Always wear safety glasses! 440

and don't try this at home!

it makes frying a turkey look like child's play

 

[Sahara]

I’ve never even heard of such a thing. Those are pretty freaking cool.
I was lucky to grow up in a time and place where everything wasn’t so tightly controlled as it is now.
About forty years ago a guy gave me thirty six one pound sticks of twenty five percent. We blew them off like firecrackers. We had another stick of five pounds of forty percent given to us. You could hear it for miles when we set it off. Had a can of blasting caps and some fuse that we played with, also. I’m sure we could have found a interesting use for exploding rivets.

 

[sam dupont]

I'm imagining the cylinder expands to fit the hole and the end splits like a plugged rifle barrel.

 

[beebest]

Sounds like a good way to **** something up that you didn't want to **** up to me.

Actually pretty fool proof. Great for an area you can't get behind to use normal rivet. Had them, tried them, worked fine. Probably never have another use for them.

 

[Richard Cranium]

I hope the heads pulled down into the flocking so they're below the surface.

These got to be a “flock you” joke somewhere in this thread.

 

[eldubb440]

Actually pretty fool proof.

so most of us aren't covered, got it

 

[Grabbergreendream]

so most of us aren't covered, got it

Hahaha! Almost lost my coffee!