For Sale: Rivet snaps (being produced)

[Paul Dutton]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

Richard, that is a small gun. Mine has a 1 1/16" dia. piston x 5" stroke (not a 100% sure about the length of the stroke)
But quite a difference between the gun sizes.
Paul, there are smaller rivets of different sizes, but 95% of them are 3/8" in various lengths. Basically the rivet need 1 1/2 times it's dia. to form a head on a flat surface, and nearly twice the diameter (of rivet sticking through, out the other side) to form a rounded head into a countersunk hole. This means when you buy them they want to be in the area of 20mm longer than the thickness you intend to rivet. The point is, Don't buy them too short. (You'll need a carrier first)

THats fine mate, was just something i read in another thread, probably a completely different vehicle tho. I tend to keep snippets of useless info in my grey matter and spurt them out when I think I know what I am talking about.....which isnt often....!!!!

I have actually rivetted before, many years ago. Copper (nice n soft!) and brass, by hand. Two hammers, one in the vice and the Ball (Ball Pein Hammer) on the other side to kneal the edges over into a dome and dress it smooth. Quite a satisfying task! Still use it now to repair tools etc that need a rivet to secure.