[AT] Rivet how-to

[Larry D. Goss]

Whoa, John.  I just got back home from talking with a blacksmith about
your problem.  He says the conical rivet head is the trickiest of all to
manufacture.  His opinion is that the rivets were turned with the
conical heads in the first place, forced into the holes, and then
riveted on the button head end.  His assessment is that "Anybody can
form a button head with nothing but a hammer, but there is no buck or
dolly that will form a cone head and make the metal flow out and around
the way you want it to."

And he unequivocally said, "It has to be riveted hot."

He said the company probably had a simple jig set up for the assembly,
inserted hot rivets through the holes, and headed the button head end
with a half dozen blows of a 2# hammer.

YMMV

Larry

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of John Hall
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 6:17 AM
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Subject: Re: [AT] Rivet how-to

Well it seems I'll be in the tool making business. While hydraulics
would be 
the easiest, I'll have to stick with something with a bolt for
compression. 
Hopefully a 3/4 air wrench will do this as I have lots to do. I did
notice 
yesterday afternoon the front wheels have different rivets.
got to thinking that removing these things might be fun. At first I was 
thinking about just torching the heads, but if the rivets are swaged in
the 
hole, it's gonna get interesting.

Thanks for all the input fellows, I'll let you know how this turns out.

John 


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