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by Dave Galey
NOTE: This is a downloadable e-book edition. It does not include a printed book or CD.
Included are strength table for nuts, bolts, screws, glues, welds, adhesives and rivets. An occasional opinion by the author spices up an otherwise, dull subject. A special section titled, Things to Cry Over will outline fastener problems and solutions. 128 Pages.
Preface ...............................................1 Introduction .......................................3 Structures 101 for Dummies .............5
What's in a Nut .............................19
Bolts ...............................................21
Hex Head Bolts ..............................22
Threads ..........................................25 AN Bolts .......................................27 Nuts and Washers ........................ 28
Screws ...........................................32 Helicoils ........................................35 Things to Cry over .........................41
Rivet Revelations ........................49 Rivet Selection ..............................53 T-Rivet .........................................56
Monobolt ......................................58 Varigrip rivet ................................60 Caps ..............................................61
Shavehead rivets ...........................62
Rivet Tools ...................................63
Welding .......................................67
Brazing......................................... 71 Soldering...................................... 72 Metal Joining for Bus Converters 75
Buzz Box..................................... 76 Wire Feed Welding .....................79 Adhesive Bonding ......................85
3M VHB Tape ............................88
Sikaflex .......................................91
Goop ...........................................95
Contact Adhesives ......................96 Power Glue .................................97 Epoxys .......................................101
Woodworking Glues .................103 Silicones ...................................115
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