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Posted: 4/5/2006 12:35:12 PM EDT

I think I remember hearing and seeing a guy use toothpicks to hold the rear trunnion in and it actually held.

Is this possible? Or did I hear and see wrong?

Posted: 4/5/2006 12:51:45 PM EDT

[#1]

Toothpick Test

Posted: 4/5/2006 12:57:40 PM EDT

[#2]

Now, be honest, y'all thought I was crazy....

Posted: 4/5/2006 1:17:18 PM EDT

[#3]

I'm missing something...the link above points to a thread that refers to another thread that I can't find...

Posted: 4/5/2006 1:27:35 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
I'm missing something...the link above points to a thread that refers to another thread that I can't find...

Here's the post from the other site...

Here they are again...

Toothpick rivets

Test rig ready to go

"Catastrophic" results of three shots

Posted: 4/5/2006 1:40:29 PM EDT

[#5]

Wow!

I've never seen this before! That's great that somebody actually tested it!
Ya learn something everyday!

Posted: 4/5/2006 2:09:06 PM EDT

[#6]

If I recall this test was devised to be the end of the "screw builds will kill you" stuff that was going around back then. It seems that screw builds have fallen out of favor anyway, but at one time there was a huge amount of debate about the safety of them, I think this demonstration settled that.

Posted: 4/6/2006 4:20:53 AM EDT

[#7]

Tapeo, thanks for posting the pics. Damn, I guess I'm not so worried about the one less-than-perfect rivet head on my first build!

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