JohnCFord
Well Known Member
Yesterday was a learning experience. I have had plenty of experience building other things such as cars and custom motorcycles. Bucking rivets is a little different and in short, I need more practice before bucking the "money" job....
Used my soldering iron to trim the blue plastic. I had to file the tip as not to score the end pieces.
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Match drilled.
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Dimpled.
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Here are my dimple dies. What tool is used for these (and do you have one for sale?)? I had to convert my drill press to an arbor press for the end pieces and I used channel locks to dimple the box.
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My first rivet ever!
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Back side.
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Pow! First casualty.
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Second casualty.
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After drill out and replacement. I did find that using a center drill, commonly used by machinists, was a great way to start a larger hole in the rivet head before drilling through. I also need a rivet cutter...
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Pretty time consuming process but very fun. I'll finish this project and buy another tool box and probably the other practice project.
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Used my soldering iron to trim the blue plastic. I had to file the tip as not to score the end pieces.
![](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi940.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad248%2Fdocjeffry%2F20140301_161537.jpg&hash=11d81718c6dcf596b8e01643a58ed9f6)
Match drilled.
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Dimpled.
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Here are my dimple dies. What tool is used for these (and do you have one for sale?)? I had to convert my drill press to an arbor press for the end pieces and I used channel locks to dimple the box.
![](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi940.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad248%2Fdocjeffry%2F20140301_175236.jpg&hash=29454899b2cde68a4145168e0139af5b)
My first rivet ever!
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Back side.
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Pow! First casualty.
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Second casualty.
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After drill out and replacement. I did find that using a center drill, commonly used by machinists, was a great way to start a larger hole in the rivet head before drilling through. I also need a rivet cutter...
![](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi940.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad248%2Fdocjeffry%2F20140301_192410.jpg&hash=7ffb98d49b01778b58c85640da7e5128)
Pretty time consuming process but very fun. I'll finish this project and buy another tool box and probably the other practice project.
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