[SEL] Rivets

[Steve W.]

REAL easy to make rivet sets. First you need a good solid punch that is
about 50% larger that the finished rivet head. Then you need a drill
press and a set of V block to hold the punch vertical under the drill
chuck. Now use a GOOD carbide bit and oil to drill a starter hole in the
tip of the punch GO SLOW. You want to stop when the hole is JUST as
large as the outside of the finished head. Now take a piece of hardened
steel that has been ground into the final shape of the head, coat it
with some valve grinding compound and use it in place of the drill to
finish the hole. (OR you can cheat and use a Dremel or similar
grindstone to do the same thing. This gives you a hammer powered set.
You can do the same thing to a hunk of steel to act as the backer block.
For powered use start with an air hammer punch instead. I have some up
to 9/16" that are used in an air hammer (I also have an old CP riveter
that handles up to 5/16")

OR buy a set from Snap-On.

Now if your going to be using these tools to set rivets on mower
sections you can buy a tool that looks like a chain breaker that will
set those rivets easier, I think Tractor Supply carries that one. They
used to have regular rivet set punches too but I haven't looked in a
while.

Steve Williams
Near Cooperstown NY


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Prindle" <joe_prindle2001 at yahoo.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 8:57 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Rivets


> I have been looking for tools for setting large solid rivets, stuff in
the
> 1/4" to 1/2" range, and have not found a source. I have some work I
would
> like to do that will require rivets and would be interested in knowing
of
> a supplier of tools. Worst case scenario is that I would have to make
> them, but I know nothing of it and hate to reinvent the wheel. Like so
> many things, I think the process is empirical.
> Joe
> --- "Ron Frost, Kersey, PA" <ron217_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Ed,
> > I doubt that Sears would have them. I'd try an industrial supply
house
> > od MSC or Mcmaster-Carr.
> > Ron
> >
> > ED <edstoller at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > Hi Ron,
> >
> > Would Sears sell these anvils? I guess it would look like a center
punch
> > of
> > drive pin.
> >
> > Ed Stoller
> > New Fairfield, CT
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Ron Frost, Kersey, PA"
> > To: "The SEL email discussion list"
> > Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 6:37 PM
> > Subject: Re: [SEL] Rivets
> >
> >
> > > Ed,
> > > There are anvils available that form the round head. There also is
> > backup
> > anvils to keep the rivit head shape on the other side.
> > > Ron
> > >
> > > ED wrote:
> > > I was replacing the bearing in an idler pulley today and when I
went
> > to
> > rivet it back together I was stumped. How does one form the nice
rounded
> > head on the rivets? I have the rivets that fit the hole but I have
never
> > had
> > a special tool to form the heads. The rivets I have are hollow.
> > >
> > > Ed Stoller
> > > New Fairfield, CT
> > >
> > >
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