[Jer Schmidt] needed a way to put a lot of M8 bolts into a piece of square steel tubing, but just drilling and tapping threads into the thin steel wouldn’t be strong enough. So he figured out a way to ...

The Leankeasy blind rivet bolt from Clufix, Cluses, France, crimps the nut as a screw is turned to lock two metal sheets or plastic parts together. This makes installation a one-step process and only ...

This article was updated April 12, 2023. It was originally published Feb. 3, 2016. Blind rivets, also called pop rivets, are commonly used to hold components together more efficiently and reliably ...