Bowlus is a manufacturer of ultra-luxe aluminum travel trailers with tongue entry, heated floors, and price tags akin to your average single-family brick-and-mortar home. Bowlus pioneered the riveted ...

You may not have consciously thought about it, but the way we build cars is very different from the way we build airplanes. Your sedan or SUV has a smooth, unibody exterior because its individual ...

Solid rivets look cool. They lend an air of vintage race car or aviation inspiration to a project. They also enable dissimilar metals to be joined, or, in the case of the hood on our project vehicle ...

Bowlus, which has established itself as a leader in luxury recreational vehicles in less than a decade, has announced a new model called the Rivet. Described as Bowlus' most rugged travel trailer, it ...

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Nonthreaded fasteners often are simple designs, but they solve a wide range of fastening problems. Rivets and pins can be used as inexpensive alternatives to threaded fasteners in automated assembly.

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 ...

No generator, no problem! There’s enough onboard power for days in the boondocks. Bowlus is a manufacturer of ultra-luxe aluminum travel trailers with tongue entry, heated floors, and price tags akin ...