[AT] Pitman rivets?

[Robinson]

At 02:30 PM 8/18/04, you wrote:
>Thanks, George.  I probably will end up making the rivets.  I got a
>quote from a source on the Internet this morning -- $25 for a box of 100
>plus shipping.  I'll think about it.  When it's all said and done, the
>only reason for insisting on riveting the pitman together is for the
>authenticity of the restoration.  If it was just a mower that I was
>going to put to work, I'd bolt it together and go about getting some
>mowing done.
>
>Larry
>


         No! No! No!... If you want to be authentic as a working mower you 
should use a mix of hex nuts and bolts and square head nuts and bolts in 
several sizes. That is in all but 2 holes. Those should have a big old 
cotter key through the hole like a bolt on one and in the other there 
should be a huge spike nail just bent over...   ;-)


>"farmer"


Francis Robinson
Central Indiana, USA
robinson at svs.net