Parts can be fastened by a rivet if flat parallel surfaces exist for both the rivet clinch and head, and there is adequate space for the rivet driver during clinching. When a blind rivet is set, a ...

But the engineering challenges of building such a tool proved too difficult, until now. Engineers at Cheetah Tools, Waco Tex. (cheetahtool.com), developed an air-operated rivet gun, the Cheetah, that ...