[AT] Rivet how-to

[Larry D. Goss]

There are some guys on this list who can answer your question a whole
lot better than I can, John, but I'll start.

My best guess is that a rivet of that diameter was hot when headed.  I
tried to find the name for the pointed head but haven't come up with it
yet.  The round side is a button head.  The conical side would be a pan
head if it didn't come to a point.  

They could have been peened in place with a pneumatic gun and a dolly,
but there also could have been spinning operation to do the conical
heading.

I'll dig out the shots I took of the Titan out in Colorado last summer
and see if there's enough detail to get any clues.

Larry

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OK, I need some help from those that have been there done that. I'm 
restoring a Titan 10-20 that is going to need several wheel spokes
replaced. 
They are held in with about 1/2" rivets. The rivets have a round head on
one 
side and a point on the other. How is this type of rivet installed? I'm 
guessing the rivets were heated? Were they braded pneumatically or was
some 
sort of press used?

John Hall 


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