Robert M
Well Known Member
Here's an idea that hit me as I was trying to figure out how I could rivet some 470 rivets without any help. I'm wondering if somone else has already talked about this.
After getting the hinge parts ready to rivet onto the floor of the RV, I was going to have to figure out a way to set the rivets without any help or wait until I did get help.
So here's what I tried - and it worked......
Using one my my backriveting plates, I placed a small, thin (about 3/8") piece of foam rubber on each side of the riveting area. Then, making sure that no clecos were clear of the plate so they wouldn't interfere, I used my 3X gun to set the rivets using the backriveting plate as my bucking bar.
Here are the pix....
There's no way this method could be used in all situations but it sure worked great right here.
After getting the hinge parts ready to rivet onto the floor of the RV, I was going to have to figure out a way to set the rivets without any help or wait until I did get help.
So here's what I tried - and it worked......
Using one my my backriveting plates, I placed a small, thin (about 3/8") piece of foam rubber on each side of the riveting area. Then, making sure that no clecos were clear of the plate so they wouldn't interfere, I used my 3X gun to set the rivets using the backriveting plate as my bucking bar.
Here are the pix....
![sorta_backriveting_1.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi270.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fjj90%2Fswashplate51%2Fsorta_backriveting_1.jpg&hash=cc85bbb32dcf7497971c30a969fe0f27)
![sorta_backriveting_2.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi270.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fjj90%2Fswashplate51%2Fsorta_backriveting_2.jpg&hash=506f8d0c39999ff71bb2268c828d1ed1)
There's no way this method could be used in all situations but it sure worked great right here.