"Veeduber" wrote in message
I only tested two. Single shear, with the mandrel driven out, both tested
about 80 pounds, a bit less than a real AD3 rivet but equal to other

aluminum

Veeduber,

I've been planning to make a pull-test rig. Figured weld a tab to a
large bolt and run it through a large chunk of angle iron. A piece of
cable and a couple bolt down clamps would finish it. Clamp the test
subject to the angle and to the business end of the cable. A spring
type torque wrench to tell me how hard I'm pulling when it pops. Do you
have a better system that you like to use. I know you mentioned the
bucket once before, but I have quite a few samples I'd like to test, and
some are stonger than others (fiberglass layup samples and the like).

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