First-rate hardware can enhance the look and feel of an opulent leather piece. Further, employing rivet setters and snaps in leather creation adds an aspect of sophistication and practicality to ...

This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Most engineers tend to rely on traditional fastening methods to join parts (see "Impact Riveting: The Old School ...

One of the most noticeable methods of adding the handcrafted, purposeful mechanical look to a hot rod is with the use of rivets. Not since Rosie the Riveter was putting airplanes together during World ...

Blind rivets, or breakstems, provide vibrationproof fastening for a wide variety of materials. But designers must know at least the basics before specifying them for applications. Rivets have been ...