Rivet Sizer 1.0
Written by
Mike Hoover
, builder of a Van's Aircraft RV-9A homebuilt kitplane.
Please select a rivet diameter.
Please enter metal thickness.
Rivet diameter required:
3/32"
1/8"
5/32"
Metal thickness 1
Metal thickness 2
Metal thickness 3
Metal thickness 4
Metal thickness 5
Total Metal Thickness
Rivet Length (1.5 times rivet diameter plus total metal thickness.*)
Actual calculated decimal length required in 1/16" is:
* Source: Bonacci, Nick.
Aircraft Sheet Metal (JS312633)
. Jeppesen Sanderson Training Products, 1987.
Note: Decimal values always rounded up to next size rivet in half increments