For Sale: Rivet snaps (being produced)

[RichardT10829]

Hey folks, this may interest any carrier restorers out there or anyone else faced with the task of riveting a project.

I have been able to find a chap to produce the correct shape snaps for re riveting carriers.

I have recently re riveted my own carrier and the finish has turned out nice, so I thought I would share.


The snap sets consist of three snaps machined from high carbon steel which is then aged in a furnace to harden them further. The three snaps are 3/8 Liverpool truss (the flat faces which are on the outside of the armour) 3/8 button head, and the slightly smaller button head for the rivets located on the central bulkhead.

The set costs £130 for the three, or they can be produced on an individual basis for £50 / snap.







http://youtu.be/NKBXa9PaSZM

Cheers

Richie

[chris vickery]

Richard, outstanding!
I watched your YouTube video of the rivetting process that you used.
Glad to see when a restorer "does it right", no cheating with cheesy carriage bolt wannabes and the like that most guys use.
It appears that your carrier utilizes more "re-manufacture" than "replica" techniques. Doing it correctly, to proper specs and dimensions and it would be difficult to tell the difference from original.

[RichardT10829]

Thank you Chris, it's always nice to know when you have done something right. I would encourage anyone to rivet rather than coach bolt the job... I nearly chickened out of doing the job but was Pursuaded to give it a go by Shaun Hindle, and I am glad I did !

I am happy to undertake the work for people at a cost of course, alternate they could send their stripped hulls to me for the work.

However buying the snaps would be easier and cheaper for them. Included with the snaps would be the correct setting allowances for the rivets matched to each snap, that is one of the important bits to know (and heat of course)

[RichardT10829]

Last chance before W&P folks (as I can bring them with me)

[Jim Burrill]

Richard, I will need to rivet a new drivers side armour on mine. But I don' tknow what "Snaps" are in this context. The buck bar? The part on the impact hammer?

[RichardT10829]

its the part that goes into the hammer and forms the head onto the outside. the bucking bar / block is what is placed onto the inside and prevent the rivet slipping whilst being formed.

the snap is the forming end of the job

here are some old pics of my first snap prior to it being hardened (they are a black / blue colour after this process)

I have set around 400 rivets with my first snap and its still going strong, some on my project and some on other bits and bobs.




the tool shown is machined for guns with 3/8 shank tools.