When it comes to engineering I'd trust his opinion over yours.
You can only rely on other's opinions and experience or very simple first
observations on your part.
You can't deal in higher order abstractions or the application of principles
to problems.
In short, you have the problem solving skills of a chimpanzee.

Amen!

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
oups.com...
One can also tell by looking at the head if it is a blind rivet or not,
the
type of material, what type of load it is designed for (sheer vs
tension),
and a whole host of other factors.


I guess this would all be very interesting if only my 35s5 had rivets
in the first place. It might also be of some interest if our resident
"engineer type" had a clue as to what boat he was on.
Ah well. I think this one's finished.

RB
35s5
NY