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Old August 21st 08, 11:51 PM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt
Bob Kuykendall
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Default Rivet advise please

On Aug 21, 3:21*pm, Michael Horowitz wrote:
After you cut the rivet, you do file the cut end flat, right? -
Mike-


When I cut a rivet with wire cutters or such I'll generally touch it
to the disk sander to clean it up. But a real rivet cutter will
generally leave an adequate surface finish. Unless there's a crack or
a nasty barb I generally just smash the end flat.