Rivets on British carrier

[RichardT10829]

Thanks for the recommendations guys.

Yes I can supply the tooling and recommend a rivet supplier (UK Based)

As Lynn has alluded, there is more than one way to skin a cat... as long as you are calm and methodical you will be fine.

I work in a two man crew, we prep our run of holes for riveting (every other hole) rivets are all checked and tails are sized to length. If setting from the outside with a countersink present you will need a tail length of around 14 - 15mm.

Heat the rivet until it is just sparkling, placed the rivet into the hole, the block man will shout “SET” indicating that the bucking bar is in place and he / she is ready for the squeeze.

The gunner will then place the gun over the rivet and shout “READY”, the block man replies “READY”

Gunner then fires being careful not to sheer the rivet or mark the platework.


Don’t heat the rivet too hot or you burn it.

Practice before you make the proper attempts on the plate.

Best of luck


Here is some footage of the first rivets I ever set, some eight years ago now..... I have set many many rivets since !

https://youtu.be/NKBXa9PaSZM



And some 3/8 button heads being done, not pretty but we were still learning at this stage... my son (13 years) was helping, he subsequently riveted the air boxes back together. Gun we use is a goose neck 4X aero riveter by CP. has a 3/8 throat and is more than up to the job for a carrier

https://youtu.be/xfYiCVUQXKQ

Richie