Sunshine Garage Mk IV Roadster

  The construction of a Factory Five Mk IV Roadster

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Purpose of bolts

The bolt is designed simply (and solely) to clamp parts together.  Bolts are NOT meant to LOCATE members; location is the function of dowels, piloting diameters and the like.

Carroll Smith, Engineer to Win (1984)

Fasteners photo album

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'Pop' rivets

CherryQrivet

Cherry- Q rivet

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Rivnut tool and Rivnut

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Rivnut on placing tool

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Placing Rivnut

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Rivnut in place with tool removed

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Cleco pliers and Cleco

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Cleco in pliers

Cherry-Q v. F5 for clamping Al to steel square tube

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Cherry Q rivets v. F5 rivets



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