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  2. Rivet gun - Wikipedia

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    A rivet gun, also known as a rivet hammer or a pneumatic hammer, [1] is a type of tool used to drive rivets. The rivet gun is used on rivet's factory head (the head present before riveting takes place), and a bucking bar is used to support the tail of the rivet. The energy from the hammer in the rivet gun drives the work and the rivet against ...

  3. Rivet - Wikipedia

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    Drawing of round head rivets, 1898 A typical technical drawing of a universal head solid rivet Riveters work on the Liberty ship SS John W. Brown (December 2014).. Rivet holes have been found in Egyptian spearheads dating back to the Naqada culture of between 4400 and 3000 B.C. Archeologists have also uncovered many Bronze Age swords and daggers with rivet holes where the handles would have been.

  4. Composite repair - Wikipedia

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    The most important technical challenges in the implementation of a successful composite patch repair are: (a) proper design of the repair patch and the procedures that will be followed, (b) selection of the most suitable materials and tools for the application, (c) careful surface preparation, (d) implementation of the composite patch repair ...

  5. US official says Boeing hasn't turned over records about work ...

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    Homendy also said the company has failed to provide documentation about a repair job that included re US official says Boeing hasn't turned over records about work on the panel that blew off a ...

  6. Gunsmith - Wikipedia

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    Design and build a complete rifle, shotgun, or combination gun from start to finish. Top-end custom gunmaking: A good example of a firearm type requiring the skills of a Master Gunsmith is a Combination Gun, commonly referred to as a "Drilling". These are highly complex hand-made long guns with several joined barrels.

  7. Hubley Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

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    Like the automobiles, Hubley aircraft were manufactured from multiple pieces which were usually put together with Solid Rivets. They had moving wheels and guns, and sometimes retractable landing gear. The wheels were often manufactured of rubber. A Hubley plane from the 1930s was the Charles Lindberg-style Ford Tri-Motor with pontoons.

  8. United Shoe Machinery Corporation - Wikipedia

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    A vintage postcard with the United Shoe Machinery factory in Beverly, Massachusetts Share of the United Shoe Machinery Corporation, issued 4. May 1916. United Shoe Machinery Corporation (USMC) was a U.S.-based manufacturer of various industrial machinery, particularly for the shoe manufacturing industry and monopolized the American shoe machinery business. [1]

  9. Powder-actuated tool - Wikipedia

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    As with their air-actuated cousins, powder-actuated guns have a muzzle safety interlock. If the muzzle is not pressed against a surface with sufficient force, the firing pin is blocked and cannot reach the load to fire it. This helps ensure that the gun does not discharge in an unsafe manner, causing the nail to become an unrestrained projectile.