[Boatanchors] Riveting RCA socket in Collins radios

rbethman rbethman at comcast.net
Thu Apr 7 08:05:51 EDT 2011


I replied yesterday.

You need an Arbor Press.  It must have the proper dies for a solid 
aluminum rivet.

N0DGN



On 4/7/2011 6:27 AM, WW6N wrote:
> I am replacing a RF output connector(RCA type) of a Collins KWM2 transceiver.
> The connector is attached to chassis by two rivets. I want to rivet an RCA connector
> the same way Collins did. The rivets have no hole at the center.
> Could someone tell me what kind of tool I need to do it?  Possibly I want to purchase one
> from Ebay.
> Thank you in advance.
> de WW6N



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