[AT] Rivet how-to

[carl gogol]

Now Farmer, the vice method would require that the vice would be located 
near the anvil and the sickle grinder.  Ours was located about 200' away in 
another building.
Carl Gogol
Manlius, NY
AC One Seventy D
(2) AC D-14, AC 914H
Simplicity 3112 & 7116
Kubota F-2400
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From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
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Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 7:53 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Rivet how-to


> On 5 Feb 2006 at 18:19, carl gogol wrote:
>
>> The way we removed damaged sickle bar sections (when we still removed 
>> them
>> from the mower) was to set the cutter bar assembly vertically along the
>> straight edge portion of an anvil so the bar rested on the anvil and the
>> knives lied along the edge and pointed towards the floor.  A stout hammer
>> blow from above onto the damaged section would shear both rivets of that
>> section and then it was easy to punch the heads out with a nail or other
>> high tech tool.  This works best if you can support the bad section and 
>> at
>> least one on either side of it then hit only the bad section.  I have
>> recently done this same thing with substituting a section of track rail 
>> for
>> the anvil.
>> Carl Gogol
>
>
>
> I use the anvil for the riveting but to remove a section I use a large 
> vise
> and set it so that the sections just slip down in the vise but the bar 
> stops
> solidly against the vise jaw. Then I hit the back of the section to shear 
> the
> rivets. I find it a little easier to hold the sickle with one hand with it 
> sandwiched
> in the vise jaws.
>
>
>
> --
> "farmer"
>
> I try to take one day at a time but sometimes several days attack
> me at once.   :-)
>
>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana, USA
> robinson at svs.net
>
>
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