Where to get studs used for welding?

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Hello All,My name is Dennis and I am new here today. I am a hobby welder and a novice, i have completed a few small welding projects for fun.I am making a table like the factory cart type of table. In the furniture like this, there are straps that have smooth round headed bolts which are very short, they barely go through two pieces of metal say 1/8 inch thick and there is no bolt, they are just welded on the inside or underside.I am guessing that these bolts are made specifically for this type of welding process but I don't know what they are called or where to get them.Can someone please help me???I am posting 2 photos below, one shows the bolt from the outside and one from the underside.
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Reply:I have never seen or heard of such a thing.  From the pictures I am thinking that the gussets are riveted on using a hand set rivet and not welded.  Kind of hard to tell from those photos.Rivets are common to all the usual suppliers such as McCarr, etc.  Drill a hole drop in a rivet and disrupt it using a ball peen hammer.  Just like they have been doing for hundreds of years.  I wouldn't even venture a guess as to how many thousands of rivets I have set that way replacing sickle sections on old fashioned hay mowers and combine headers.  Riveting can be crude or VERY technical.  I do both (aircraft mechanic).  DO a search and some reading.RogerOld, Tired, and GRUMPYSalesman will call, Batteries not included, Assembly is required, and FREE ADVICE IS WORTH EXACTLY WHAT YOU PAY FOR IT!Dial Arc 250HFThunderbolt 225 AC/DCAssorted A/O torches
Reply:Rivet...available from any old time hardware store or Enco, MSC, etc. Watch when you are ordering as they come in all sizes, both length and diameter. Rivets may either be peened over with a hammer and punch, just a hammer or welded for an application like yours. Originally used red hot and hammered over they would grip even tighter as they cooled. Back in the day, I would spend hours getting the sickle bars of our combines ready for harvest with a cold chisel to remove the cutting blades that were too worn and then a flat chuck of steel, rivets and a hammer and punch to fasten each new cutter to the sickle bar.Lincoln PrecisionTig 275Miller 251Miller DialArc 250Bridgeport millHossfeld bender & diesLogan shaperJet 14 X 40 latheSouth Bend 9" 'C'Hypertherm 900Ellis 3000 band saw21"Royersford ExcelsiorTwo shops, still too many tools.
Reply:You can also cut the heads off of carriage bolts for an easy to find, large diameter smooth rivet look.
Reply:Originally Posted by WyoRoyRivet...available from any old time hardware store or Enco, MSC, etc. Watch when you are ordering as they come in all sizes, both length and diameter. Rivets may either be peened over with a hammer and punch, just a hammer or welded for an application like yours. Originally used red hot and hammered over they would grip even tighter as they cooled. Back in the day, I would spend hours getting the sickle bars of our combines ready for harvest with a cold chisel to remove the cutting blades that were too worn and then a flat chuck of steel, rivets and a hammer and punch to fasten each new cutter to the sickle bar.
Reply:Don't know about those kinds, but you can find one like this in Oklahoma somewhere. Attached Images
Reply:Dennis9223Take these guys for a test drive . . .http://www.blacksmithbolt.com/store/c/52-Rivets.aspxAnd check out their 'Home Page' for square head bolts.Order by noon - goes out the same day.Opus.Last edited by OPUS FERRO; 02-05-2015 at 06:10 PM.Reason: addendum
Reply:Originally Posted by farmersammROY!  When you were cutting wheat, you were using one of these
Reply:Originally Posted by BistineauDon't know about those kinds, but you can find one like this in Oklahoma somewhere.