JohnCFord
Well Known Member
Yesterday was a learning experience. I have had plenty of experience building other things such as cars and custom motorcycles. Bucking rivets is a little different and in short, I need more practice before bucking the "money" job....
Used my soldering iron to trim the blue plastic. I had to file the tip as not to score the end pieces.
Match drilled.
Dimpled.
Here are my dimple dies. What tool is used for these (and do you have one for sale?)? I had to convert my drill press to an arbor press for the end pieces and I used channel locks to dimple the box.
My first rivet ever!
Back side.
Pow! First casualty.
Second casualty.
After drill out and replacement. I did find that using a center drill, commonly used by machinists, was a great way to start a larger hole in the rivet head before drilling through. I also need a rivet cutter...
Pretty time consuming process but very fun. I'll finish this project and buy another tool box and probably the other practice project.
Used my soldering iron to trim the blue plastic. I had to file the tip as not to score the end pieces.
Match drilled.
Dimpled.
Here are my dimple dies. What tool is used for these (and do you have one for sale?)? I had to convert my drill press to an arbor press for the end pieces and I used channel locks to dimple the box.
My first rivet ever!
Back side.
Pow! First casualty.
Second casualty.
After drill out and replacement. I did find that using a center drill, commonly used by machinists, was a great way to start a larger hole in the rivet head before drilling through. I also need a rivet cutter...
Pretty time consuming process but very fun. I'll finish this project and buy another tool box and probably the other practice project.