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Modern riveting via impact tools .The two gentlemen below have hydraulically locked the rivet in place .
My father (back in the 50’s, just after the asteroid murdered the dinosaurs) in the merchant navy, did this in a team by hand - 50ft up on a scaffold , an apprentice with a 14lb sledgehammer . His first swing missed, the weight of the hammer was about to carry him over the edge of the scaffold but the scaffolder (who was also there) caught him and saved him from a death dive onto the shipyard floor .
Edited in the above ,as pressing Post deleted it all ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
TheRailroadMan
Any idea what locomotive this is?
DillanRivet
tale about my life
insertchewbaccanoisehere
That's riveting
romicra88
When you want it to absolutely, positively, never come loose. Ever
Someduckontheinternettoldmeicouldchangemyusernamesoidid
How can he walk on the wall?
Etazin
Are they making a Dalek? Wtf is wrong with them! Don’t they know the Daleks are the most destructive beings in the universe?!
MinervaMeThis
Glad I'm not the only one who saw the dalek structure
rmprstmpr
The guy in the hole, on the left, looks like Liev Schreiber.
GaffelGutt
What's the differences between welding and riveting, in therm of pro's and con's?
weregonnatopthatwithalittlecremefraiche
https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/68364894/rivet-rivet.jpg
Hrafna55
What are they making? Or rather, helping to construct.
elonmusky1234567
Why does he bang it on the wall?
sausage1234
The camera angle on this is freaking me out
TyrannosaurusMex
deathbycheese
still hard work better than it used to be.
awesomechicken
I really enjoyed that. +1
BecauseCanadian
The Duchess’ nipples
Fleggy
Only another 754 to go.
PeopleSeemToHaveLongNamesOnImgur
Well that was awesome.
dapperhooker
Weirdest glory hole ever
justsome
oddly enough, a glory hole for glass blowing is actually kinda like a big forge.
dapperhooker
That's a thing I now I know. I will find someone to tell that factoid to today and pretend like I knew it my whole life.
usernametakenisthestoryofmylife
Nice, but wtf are they mounting inside that needs to be so secure? Do they know something that we don't??
Rverence
They’re mounting a saddle on what appears to be a pressure vessel ,the saddle has the flange to fit other fittings eg safety valve
Rverence
I mean pressure relief safety valve
usernametakenisthestoryofmylife
Oh. Thanks...
theblackhole08
Wow! That's nuts!
NNYR
Haha, I get it. Those are rivets. Riveting. I get it.
daboogiemansta
For a second I thought that was a Hot Pocket
BringInTheJake
That is nowhere near hot enough to be a hot pocket.
SmellOfMonkey
It's the hot cheeto that Timothy ate
imadethisaccounttotellyouthis
Still frozen in the core.
YeahNahWot
Your old man, as with many others lived when "manual labour" meant just that. Lots of powerful men, shipyard pubs were dangerous places.
mydadcoulddoanything
Bolts are there until rivet can be put in?
twinrider1
I believe so. Basically giant Clecos.
ThankinHank
Alignment purposes.
saysomethingcool
ErgonomicZero
30 speed neat
nothingtodoandalldaytodoit
When he walked off, did anyone else try to swipe their screen to follow him?
bippityboppityBACON
This goes in my NEATO! folder.
YouArePlayingTheGame
You can tell it's a rivet because of the way that it is
Sephitian
Love me some Neature
AmericanAdvocate
Its not very often you find all this neatness in one place!
pieter42
Yeah, THIS is what I come here for. Nice one OP.
ImLukeSkywalkerImHereToRescueYou
You can also dip rivets in liquid nitrogen so the metal contracts. Put it into the hole and it seals as the metal expands again.
shinydev
What is the impact on the strength of the bolt in comparison?
ImLukeSkywalkerImHereToRescueYou
I don't have any stats or numbers but I know cold riveting is a big thing.
kenobijuan
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shinydev
This is why units are important people!
NeutralSmith
Does a deaf person need hearing protection, or is it just someone signalling him that his ears are bleeding?
Rverence
He could be using foam or moulded personal earplugs which they make in skin colour (I have some)
cktuba
@OP. I don’t see hearing protection. That would be as loud as working inside a church bell hit by jackhammer.
Rverence
Given the thickness of the metal, it probably wouldn’t vibrate/transmit sound like a tin box,bloke on the impact dolly would need it though
Mishn0
They probably have earplugs in. Even cheapo foamies are pretty good protection. Medical grade silicone ones are very good.
Rverence
We use flesh coloured personally moulded ones, you can’t really see them
klean9
hockeyham
What?
WhyDontYouMakeMe
They don't even use safety squints
KeepYourDickInAVice
Mother on speed dial.
IamLrrrRulerofthePlanetOmicronPerseiVIII
Keep your stick on the ice
Rverence
When I was an apprentice “You wear safety gear unless you have a letter from God, no one? Wear it or you’ll get a clip around the ear”
Oldage69
They all have safety squints as far as I can see