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Rivet Symbol Legend on older engineering drawings

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Metalsmythe1977

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Does anyone know the history/background on legacy aircraft drawings that have a "Rivet Symbol Legend" block on the upper right corner of the drawing title page? They show a basic circle, basic circle with a diagonal, etc. depending on the solid rivet head style and diameter.

Was there a code or standard associated with this format?

I'm aware of the current fastener code (NAS523.

Respectfully

 
i don't think there's a standard symbol

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I suspect that each company had it's own way of coding fasteners, before NAS523 kicked-in and generally standardized coding across the industry [company exceptions still apply].

Can You show us an example of the code block you are looking at?

Regards, Wil Taylor

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I see cried the blind Man!

Wow. Look's like it may have been extracted from an "antique" Douglass drawing(?).

See attached for another "antique" fastener code block.

Regards, Wil Taylor

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 http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=cfe57ff9-168f-493a-bd12-ede4ea6afb91&file=BA_Rivet_Code~Obslt.pdf
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