First-rate hardware can enhance the look and feel of an opulent leather piece. Further, employing rivet setters and snaps in leather creation adds an aspect of sophistication and practicality to ...

Nonthreaded fasteners often are simple designs, but they solve a wide range of fastening problems. Rivets and pins can be used as inexpensive alternatives to threaded fasteners in automated assembly.

Blind rivets, or breakstems, provide vibrationproof fastening for a wide variety of materials. But designers must know at least the basics before specifying them for applications. Rivets have been ...

Forging rivet tools from scrap ball bearings, springs, and railroad track steel. This project involves creating blacksmith dome head rivets, which proved to be more challenging than expected. Tools ...