wrongway john
Well Known Member
Although C-frames work well, wondered if this would give us better consistency on dimpling and setting rivets. Take your existing C-frame, but set it up with a longer bar, say five foot, and a slightly stronger spring. Put a weight (3 lbs or so, not sure yet) similar to shape that body shop hammers have that pull dents and has a hole that runs through the center of it. Also have it adjustable where you add or take off smaller weights. Raise weight to a height that also has various heights to drop the weight from, let go, and let gravity do the rest. The weight would hit a part on the lower bar like a welded nut which drives the dimples and rivets with our standard sets. I hope this description gives one the basic concept. Have others considered something like this and do you think it would work? Seems like it would work well, but what do you think?