[SEL] Riveting

[Paul Maples]

Ok Curt but do you use a special forming tool in order to get all the heads 
looking the same?

Paul

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Curt" <curt at imc-group.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Riveting


> Paul,
> Go down to your local industrial fastener house and buy some 1/8" hot 
> rivets about a 1/4" long. Roll and drill 2 holes, one on each end. Hot 
> rivet those. Then drill a hole at the mid point and hot rivet it. Then 
> fill in the rest. You'll enjoy hot riveting.....it's quite fun. I did both 
> saw tables on the Herc and Famous engines.
> Did the Stover use galvanized like the IHC engines? or plain sheet? If 
> plain are you going to age it first?
> Has anyone had luck with aging techniques for galvanized?
> Curt Holland
> Gastonia, NC
>