[AT] Rivets and rivet countersink

[Stephen Offiler]

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On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 12:27 PM Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:

> Just an afterthought.  Most brake shoes are bonded.  A heat curing glue
> is used to glue the shoe to the lining.  If you can find the glue the
> rivets would hold the lining on until the glue would set.  I have a
> brake shoe oven, bought long ago at a Chrysler dealership that started
> out as a blacksmith shop in the late 1800's.  However, the glue can was
> empty and no label.
> Cecil
>
> On 12/29/2019 8:27 AM, szabelski at wildblue.net wrote:
> > Harbor Freight has countersink sets that cut at different angles. I
> would think that one of these would be what you’re looking for(???). Don’t
> know what you think of HF tools, but if you’re not going into the business
> of brake shoe rebuilding, they should be good enough for what you need.
> >
> > If the holes in the shoes are a little large for the rivets, set the
> rivet in the hole and use a pointed punch to expand the river in the hole
> after you partially peen it down. Then finish peening it in.
> >
> > Carl
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: jdnut at aol.com
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> > Sent: Sat, 28 Dec 2019 22:28:52 -0500 (EST)
> > Subject: [AT] Rivets and rivet countersink
> >
> > 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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