Bulkhead rivets

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Bulkhead rivets

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Yesterday I took the plunge and separated a bulkhead from a tunnel for the first time on a Liquifire. Let me say you guys that normally do this are animals. I found this to be one of the most miserable jobs I have ever done. These seemed to be the most difficult ro remove rivets I've seen. During this adventure I was thinking these can't be the typical steel rivet you pick up at the local hardware store. My OCD got the better of me and after spending half a day on the interwebs it turns out these are Q type structural rivets made by Avedel (Avedel Cherry....which I think might be owned by Stanley Engineered Fasteners now). I found this discovery sort of entertaining. The company I work for has built machinery for Avedel and I had the pleasure of being in one of their plants many years ago (guess I should pay more attention to the parts being made).

I will post some literature later.
80 Liquifire (purchased 1996 ~ Running)
80 Liquifire (purchased 2010 ~ Running....Now)
80 Liquifire (purchased 2011 ~ Not running - I officially have a problem now)
83 Snowfire (purchased 2014 father/son restoration project)
78 Spitfire ~ sold (should have been shot for this)
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Re: Bulkhead rivets

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Here's a link to a website where you can download a catalog. https://www.avdel-global.com/en/product ... rivet.html
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80 Liquifire (purchased 1996 ~ Running)
80 Liquifire (purchased 2010 ~ Running....Now)
80 Liquifire (purchased 2011 ~ Not running - I officially have a problem now)
83 Snowfire (purchased 2014 father/son restoration project)
78 Spitfire ~ sold (should have been shot for this)
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