Maybe I am just not doing it right....
I am dimpling the skin for my HS and have a few holes that just can't be reached with either the hand squeezer or the DRDT-2 without really un-bending the skin which I don't want to do so that leaves me with the pop rivet dimple method. Practicing on some scrap sheet I have around I find I cannot get as nice a dimple with the pop rivet set up as I achieve with the other methods. When I put a rivet in the hole to test, the manufactured head sits slightly proud of the surface. Pop rivet dimple a second time, no change. Try a third time and the nail breaks.
Is there a preferred direction to pull? What I mean is, should the male or female die be against the puller or does it even matter?
How are all of you doing it and what are your results?
I am dimpling the skin for my HS and have a few holes that just can't be reached with either the hand squeezer or the DRDT-2 without really un-bending the skin which I don't want to do so that leaves me with the pop rivet dimple method. Practicing on some scrap sheet I have around I find I cannot get as nice a dimple with the pop rivet set up as I achieve with the other methods. When I put a rivet in the hole to test, the manufactured head sits slightly proud of the surface. Pop rivet dimple a second time, no change. Try a third time and the nail breaks.
Is there a preferred direction to pull? What I mean is, should the male or female die be against the puller or does it even matter?
How are all of you doing it and what are your results?