Rivet Tool????

[RICKY_RECON]

Is there a special tool for installing the rivets? How do you install them into the reciever? If there is a tool, Where can it be purchased at? Thanks.

[This message has been edited by RICKY_RECON (edited 01-24-2001).]

[DaveL111]

You use a rivet die and an air hammer. I don't know where you buy the die but most industrial supply houses should have them. Mike P. is suppossed to be sending me one.

[RICKY_RECON]

[[B]You use a rivet die and an air hammer.

If you get one of these or find a source could you post a pic and let me know of the source? Thanks.

[DaveL111]

Ricky, you will also need a good air compressor. That will run you about $300. I'll try and get a pic of a rivet die for you too man.

[RICKY_RECON]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by DaveL111:
Ricky, you will also need a good air compressor. That will run you about $300. I'll try and get a pic of a rivet die for you too man.</font>


I already got that covered. 6 1/2 horse 60 gallon. Thanks.

[xtc]

my class 3 guy said i could just heat the rivets up till there red hot and then just hammer it in the hole
i havent tried this yet, i was thinkingof putting my krink on a milled rcvr

[GI JOE1]

Yeah,but the rivet will shrink when it cools,possibly leaving you with a loose fitting joint. ALWAYS set rivets COLD!. Joe out.

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GI JOE

[hbarski]

In A&P school,eons ago, we had to learn to make our own bucking bars. Figure out the depth and diameter of a finished rivet head and have at it. Use hard steel and get a ball rotary file usually works best. A lot depends on the amount of rivet that protrudes from the hole.

[Silver Puss]

Unless I'm misunderstanding something, if the shafts were of the right diameter to begin with, then they should return to the correct size when cool. The joined parts will also be drawn together more tightly.

Assuming that the shaft diameter is less than the length, the variation in the diameter will be less than that of the length.