Riveting tool

hans_meevis1 2015-02-04 14:03:45 UTC #1

I made a simple tool to help with my riveting.

I put up a few pictures up on my web

Check out
http://www.ganoksin.com/gnkurl/ep81s3

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Riveting Block

Karen_Tellefsen 2015-02-05 05:52:30 UTC #2

Check out http://www.ganoksin.com/gnkurl/ep81s3

Hans- Thanks or posting this. I tend to have trouble with rivets, and a tool might help.

aspano 2015-02-06 03:43:19 UTC #3

I sometimes wish there was a like button here on Orchid, this is one of those times. Great idea!

aggie.p 2015-02-06 03:43:24 UTC #4

Hans, you're great. now how do we get one? I know if I spent some time to make one I would eventually do it. But at my age, This old tool hoarder would just as soon buy one. Hint hint hint, maybe others would be interested as well.

Gerald_Livings1 2015-02-06 03:48:40 UTC #5

I have done something similar by taking a large beading tool and putting itinto my shop vise. It works but it is a pain to have to move everything from my bench to the worktable with the vise. This is so much better! I will definitely making a set of these to use. Thank you for sharing this.

Gerald A. Livings
Livingston Jewelers

IsisRising08 2015-02-06 03:48:43 UTC #6

Fabulous, Hans. I can see so many uses for something like this

alberic 2015-02-07 14:37:46 UTC #7

Hi Hans,

I did something similar, but rigged it up so it had a top punch too.

Get one of the old watch staking tool sets, and modify the bottom to hold an overgrown beading tool, as per your design, then use the overarm to guide another one in from the top.

There are enough old staking tool sets floating around out there that they're not too expensive. So long as you don't frankenstein a good one, there's no karmic debt to it.

Regards,
Brian