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# What Are Turn-Button Fastener Eyelets Used For?

Rivets · Trade series (turn-button fastener eyelets) · Application guide

Typical applications, the industries that specify turn-button fastener eyelets, and how to choose the right size, material and finish for the joint.

Turn-Button Fastener Eyelets are used for setting the fabric-side eyelet that engages a matching turn-button base. They are manufactured to Trade series (turn-button fastener eyelets), and selection is driven by the screw size, the fit and tolerance the assembly requires, and the service environment.

- **Primary duty:** Setting the fabric-side eyelet that engages a matching turn-button base
- **Governing standard:** Trade series (turn-button fastener eyelets)
- **Screw size range:** 1-1/16 to 1-1/16
- **Category:** Rivets

Application notes are general engineering guidance. Verify the property class and any approval requirement against your own design calculation.

![What Are Turn-Button Fastener Eyelets Used For? application image](https://engineeringhardware.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Turn-Button-Fastener-Eyelets.webp)

Turn-Button Fastener Eyelets are used primarily for setting the fabric-side eyelet that engages a matching turn-button base. This page lists the industries and assemblies where they are specified, the selection criteria that matter for each application, installation practice, and the cases where a different fastener type is the correct choice. Parts are supplied to Trade series (turn-button fastener eyelets). Stocked across roughly 1 to 1, they cover light-duty and instrument-scale work.

## Typical Applications for Turn-Button Fastener Eyelets

The most common settings where these are specified:

- **Canvas fabrication:** Eyelets provide the fabric-side half of a turn-button connection.
- **Boat covers:** Nickel-plated brass supports removable fabric-to-solid-surface attachment.
- **Vehicle trim:** Two height options accommodate the mating base and material stack.
- **Upholstery:** The eyelet engages a base without adding a threaded nut to the fabric.

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## How to Specify Turn-Button Fastener Eyelets for Your Application

- **Size:** Select on screw size, and confirm it against the mating feature in the assembly. This product spans 1–1; check the full table below for the exact dimensions of each size.
- **Material:** Choose the material and finish for the service environment — plated steel for general use, stainless for corrosion resistance.
- **Environment:** For damp, coastal or chemical exposure prefer A4/316 stainless or a suitable coating; indoors, plated steel or A2 is usually sufficient.
- **Standard:** This product is supplied to Trade series (turn-button fastener eyelets). Quoting the standard on your order guarantees interchangeable dimensions between suppliers.

## Installation & Assembly Practice

- Drill the hole 0.1 mm over the nominal rivet diameter and deburr both sides before setting.
- Grip range must match the total joint thickness — a rivet set outside its grip range clamps poorly and works loose.

## Common Selection Mistakes with Turn-Button Fastener Eyelets

- Setting a rivet outside its grip range, which leaves the joint loose from day one.
- Using aluminum rivets on steel sheet outdoors — galvanic corrosion eats the rivet.

## Where Turn-Button Fastener Eyelets Are Not the Right Choice

Not where the joint must later be disassembled, and not for high-tension structural connections.

Custom manufacturing · Made to drawing

## Need a turn-button fastener eyelets outside the standard range?

Grip range is what a special usually changes — a joint thickness that falls between two standard rivets. Made by cold heading or drawing.

Minimum order from 2,000 pieces; samples within 7 days of drawing approval.

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## Technical Drawing

Dimensioned line drawing of 1-1/16 Turn-Button Fastener Eyelets to Trade series (turn-button fastener eyelets). Side view and top view, drawn to the dimensions in the table below and redrawn for any size selected.

- **Height options (in):** 13/16
- **Material:** nickel-plated brass
- **Mating part:** turn-button base
- **Use:** fabric-to-solid-surface attachment

## Dimensions & Specifications (Trade series (turn-button fastener eyelets))

| Eyelet diameter (in) | Height options (in) | Material | Mating part | Use |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1-1/16 | 13/16 | nickel-plated brass | turn-button base | fabric-to-solid-surface attachment |
| 1-1/16 | 27/32 | nickel-plated brass | turn-button base | fabric-to-solid-surface attachment |

Inside the plant

## Manufactured in our own plant

This part is cold-formed, threaded, heat-treated and finished in-house. The stages below are where its class and finish are actually decided.

1. ![Wire rod feeding into a cold heading machine](https://engineeringhardware.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/09-wire-rod-feed-cold-heading-machine.webp) 01 **Cold heading** Wire rod is drawn to size and cold-formed into blanks. Forming rather than cutting keeps the grain flow continuous around the head, which is where a bolt is most likely to fail. Head dimensions and under-head radius checked at set-up and per shift.
2. ![Thread rolling machine producing bolt threads](https://engineeringhardware.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/03-thread-rolling-machine-bolt-production.webp) 02 **Thread rolling** Threads are rolled between hardened dies rather than cut. Rolled threads are stronger in fatigue than cut threads and hold pitch and flank angle far more consistently across a batch. Go / no-go ring gauges to ISO 965 tolerance class 6g.
3. ![Baskets of bolts staged for heat treatment](https://engineeringhardware.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/05-heat-treatment-baskets-black-bolts.webp) 03 **Heat treatment** Quench-and-temper brings carbon and alloy steel to the property class ordered — 8.8, 10.9 or 12.9 — with the furnace charge tracked so a finished lot can be traced back to it. Core hardness and tensile tested per lot to ISO 898-1.
4. ![Zinc plated bolts in a treatment basket](https://engineeringhardware.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/23-zinc-plated-bolts-treatment-basket.webp) 04 **Surface treatment** Zinc, zinc-nickel, hot-dip galvanizing, black oxide, phosphate and Dacromet, selected against the service environment rather than against the price list. Coating thickness and neutral salt spray hours to ISO 9227.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Which industries use Turn-Button Fastener Eyelets?

They are commonly specified in boat covers, vehicle trim and upholstery, among other sectors.

### How do I choose the right size of Turn-Button Fastener Eyelets?

Select on screw size and on the fit the assembly requires. This product is available from 1 to 1; the full dimension table on this page lists each size.

### Can Turn-Button Fastener Eyelets joints be taken apart?

No — rivets form a permanent joint and must be drilled out to remove. Use a bolt or screw where you need to disassemble the joint later.

### What material should Turn-Button Fastener Eyelets be for outdoor use?

For damp, coastal or chemical environments specify A4 (316) stainless or a suitably coated steel. For indoor or dry use, A2 (304) stainless or zinc-plated steel is normally adequate.

### Can I get a quote for Turn-Button Fastener Eyelets in the size and material I need?

Yes. Use the technical drawing and quote form on this page to set the size and options, then send the exact configuration to our team for pricing and lead time.

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