OK, that answers my question. I bought one of the gauges and did not understand what the numbers were but your explanation was short and simple. Thank you. I have pop rivets that have been sitting around in a box and I don’t have the trade numbers - but the chart that you referenced on your website translates the trade numbers: simply, the first number is the diameter expressed in 32nds of an inch and the second number is the maximum grip length expressed in 1/16ths of an inch. Thank you

Very helpful

Why is their no size 6 on the reference chart??

Great video very educational 🤝

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3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Can these be flush to the metal in the back? I need to join two flat pieces of galvanized duct sheets together , but I want the back to be flush . Will the smallest rivet do this or can you file the back down?

Thanks excellent video

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2 жыл бұрын

Awesome glad this helped! Thank you for watching!!

How do you determine the proper drill size for rivnuts

I have a question. So I am following the order that you measured in - Hole size, Trade size grip length, then using chart to find grip length. But how would you order more of that certain specific Pop Rivet? Example: I need a Pop Rivet. Hole Size: 4, Trade size: 42, Grip Length: 1/16" - 1/8"

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5 ай бұрын

So you will need to order trade size #42. That will always be the same!

What about grip range for riv nuts?

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2 жыл бұрын

This gauge does not measure grip range for rivet nuts only diameter.

Nice

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3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Pablo!

I got this chart on Amazon…. Need to measure hex bolts 😬 still clueless. Apparently I bought the wrong red thing.

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2 жыл бұрын

Hi Amanda, if you give our customer service a call, we can try and help you out the best we can. There are many different types of gauges for fasteners, you may have gotten a rivet gauge or a different type. Thanks Andy!

If only there was a way to drop TRADE SIZE for everything and use ubiquitous measuring system (like metrics for example) so that simple humans could understand it and could compare rivet diameter, say in millimeters. For example: 6mm diameter rivet is bigger than 8mm rivet! Brilliant eh? Imagine world without "exclusive measuring rulers" and pages long conversion tables to convert "Size 5" to say 6mm rivet body diameter... Dream on people!

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5 ай бұрын

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