01-05-2019, 07:05 PM
Howard I've done this exercise several times, the tail or protrusion of the rivet needs to be as long as the other side flattened head is wide.
Over the years Dad has gathered a large selection of 'stuff' so we've never actually bought rivets, just sorted out the ones we want from the box. You will need 2 people or three if you have some mates that owe you a favour...
Once you have the rivet cut to length and in place you need to place the existing head onto a suitable anvil - in our case a few hefty bits of heavy steel with suitable size holes countersunk into them to locate the head neatly. You will need two of these, one in the vice below and one to whack on from the top.
Clamp the bottom one securely in a heavy vice then fit the rivet into the hole, pick up the chassis & locate the rivet onto the countersunk hole in your new special anvil. Using an acetylene torch quickly heat the stub end of the rivet red hot and then using your top anvil and heavy hammer clout the red hot end hard. A few practice tries and you will soon get the hang of hot riveting. You will need to cool the hand held anvil off periodically.
Aye
Greig
Over the years Dad has gathered a large selection of 'stuff' so we've never actually bought rivets, just sorted out the ones we want from the box. You will need 2 people or three if you have some mates that owe you a favour...
Once you have the rivet cut to length and in place you need to place the existing head onto a suitable anvil - in our case a few hefty bits of heavy steel with suitable size holes countersunk into them to locate the head neatly. You will need two of these, one in the vice below and one to whack on from the top.
Clamp the bottom one securely in a heavy vice then fit the rivet into the hole, pick up the chassis & locate the rivet onto the countersunk hole in your new special anvil. Using an acetylene torch quickly heat the stub end of the rivet red hot and then using your top anvil and heavy hammer clout the red hot end hard. A few practice tries and you will soon get the hang of hot riveting. You will need to cool the hand held anvil off periodically.
Aye
Greig