Riveter

Noun

1. A person whose job is to rivet. A gunner; the member of a riveting team who uses a rivet gun, fitted with a rivet set which matches the shape of the factory head of a solid rivet, to impact that rivet (which is heated if necessary to soften it), while the bucker (or holder-up) holds a heavy bucking bar against the bucktail of the rivet, upsetting it to form the field head. If the rivets have to be heated, the team will also include a cook and a catcher; see rivet for more details. Riveting team working on an aircraft cockpit shell. The riveter on the left operates an air-powered rivet gun, while the bucker on the right holds a bucking bar.

   "Rosie the Riveter is an iconic piece of American WWII propaganda."

2. A gunner; the member of a riveting team who uses a rivet gun, fitted with a rivet set which matches the shape of the factory head of a solid rivet, to impact that rivet (which is heated if necessary to soften it), while the bucker (or holder-up) holds a heavy bucking bar against the bucktail of the rivet, upsetting it to form the field head. If the rivets have to be heated, the team will also include a cook and a catcher; see rivet for more details. Riveting team working on an aircraft cockpit shell. The riveter on the left operates an air-powered rivet gun, while the bucker on the right holds a bucking bar.

   "Rosie the Riveter is an iconic piece of American WWII propaganda."

3. A tool used to fix rivets.

   "The riveter required a compressed air supply."