[TheForge] Rivets

[Dan Rathburn]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shannell Sugrue" <sjs@ihug.com.au>
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Rivets


> Gee Id love to see a video of that in action. Why did it take so long for
> bolts to come into mainstream use in heavy construction? by the 50's they
> were common as dirt, was it the metallurgy that improved or manufacturing
> techniques made them cheaper?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <larbooks@impulse.net>
> Subject: [TheForge] Rivets
>

Union?

I would think that if it took two workers to put in the same number of bolts
in the same time it took four workers to put in the rivits then I can see
why the constuction firms went that way once they felt the strength of the
two were the same.

Half the cost in labor for the bolts.

Dan Rathburn
Elgin, IL USA