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    aluminum rivets

    Extremely informative. Thankyou for taking the time to respond to someone you don't know and will likely will never meet. Very much appreciated. I know this will be great information for a lot of others as well.
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    aluminum rivets

    Thank you so much for your informative reply. My background (mech engineering) and experience(30 years in a fabrication shop) is certainly lacking the expertise required to make an informed decision. Really wish I could have spent some years with people who have contributed to this thread to...
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    aluminum rivets

    Well, for something that was going to be simple, this has turned into not so simple. The 117 military rivets I have are extremely hard (almost impossible to upset- 70 plus years of aging have hardened them well). I have 117 rivets that I have purchased recently and they are hard, but useable...
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    aluminum rivets

    Thanks for your help. "As is" is not possible to use or compress. I do have a kiln and can bring them to 775 F. Will check out Wil Taylor 's posts as well. Been solid riveting for 30 years on non aircraft parts, but not using these rivets. These came from 1950 military aircraft rebuilds. All...
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    aluminum rivets

    Thanks for the info - tried this and it did soften them, did two batches, one quenched and one set cooled slowly then put both sets it in the freezer. Both sets still hard, but at least compressible. Appreciate your reply.
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    aluminum rivets

    I have a few thousand 17-T4 alum rivets and would like to know if anyone has experience on how to normalize the rivets to use with 5052 al in non aircraft use. they are extremely hard and even heated retain their hardness. Is there any way of using them , or softening them?
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