[AT] Pitman rivets?

charlie hill chill8 at cox.net
Wed Aug 18 03:56:38 PDT 2004


Sounds like a good plan for a forge Steve!  Where do you get your coke or do
you use charcoal or ???

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 2:33 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Pitman rivets?


> Make them out of 3/8" rod if you cannot find any. Just heat it red and
> form the head shape. Then peen the other end.
> I've made a LOT of odd rivets that way. Comes in handy to have that
> small forge in the shop. If you don't have one you can build one REAL
> easy from a 15-16" STEEL car rim and an old computer blower and an
> iron/steel 4" T fitting and some misc. steel for legs and gratings.
>
> Steve Williams
> Near Cooperstown NY
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Larry D Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
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> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 11:54 PM
> Subject: [AT] Pitman rivets?
>
>
> >
> > Help!  I'm trying to restore a sickle bar mower for my 1947 Economy
> > tractor.  Economy Engineering (later to become Power King) bought much
> > of the assembly from McCormick-Deering.  The bar and pitman are
> > essentially a Model 6 -- first made in 1922.  I'm in the process of
> > building a new pitman for it, but I need rivets -- 3/8" diameter
> button
> > head with a pre-installed length of 2-1/4 and 2-1/2 inches.
> >
> > Of course, nobody has them.  I checked McMaster-Carr and they don't
> list
> > any thing longer than 1".  I'm apparently going to have to rely on
> some
> > NOS rivets or somebody's leftovers in their shop, or (heaven forbid)
> > I'll have to bolt the straps to the pitman wood.  Does anyone have a
> few
> > or know a source for them?  I only need three of each.
> >
> > Larry
> >
> >
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