[AT] Rivets and rivet countersink

[bloomis at charter.net]

Have you looked for rivets and countersinks at mcmaster.com? They aren’t very expensive. Santa Maria eh? Someone was actually kind of close, other than Grant Brians in Hollister. Next week I make my semi annual trip to SM for service on the TDi Jetta. 

Brad in Morro Bay, CA

On 12/28/2019 9:28 PM, jdnut at aol.com <mailto:jdnut at aol.com>  wrote:

Happy New Year, 

Since it is quiet on the list.... I will see if there are ideas for several different rivet jobs I have in the future.  This is Deere stuff, ca. 1936 to 1945, clutch pulley brakes, service brake on a BR, and something else that escapes my mind right now.  Some holes are larger than they were original, ... and with the different projects, I need a variety of diameters, and lengths.  I have the brake lining, just need to cut to length.  I have a very old thing to make a big drill into a drill press, that I think will work well to set the rivets.  If I still lived in Santa Maria, I would take to Coast Clutch and Brake, but my basic research up here indicates the closest shop for riveting like I need is 250 miles away.  

 

So, question #1, .... is there a source for rivets without having to buy 100 at a time?  

 

Question #2, .... I think I will need at least three different countersinks.  I bought some brake rivets from the Model A Ford place, and they had a countersink for those..... basically looked like a dulled down spade bit.  

 

If that is what it takes, I can buy a couple of bits that are close, and use my grinder and a file to make them look like the countersink from the Model A Ford place.

 

Thanks in advance for reading.  Take care,

 

John 

Ferndale, CA





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