[TheForge] rivets

[Lynn Emrich]

I admit to using what ever was at hand when needing
rivits. A bolt for the tongs I made. Nails for a
theatre lighting project. The bolt needed to be heated
but the nails I just cut off the extra length (the
back was hidden) and peaned the front.
Make do, Lynn

--- "R.C.Mundt" <mundt@3rivers.net> wrote:
> I just used a 20 d common nail  like you would use
> for framing a house, the
> box of  nails has been around here for ages, Nothing
> special.
> I cut the nail head off and formed a round head on
> it, did this hot,heated
> it red and layed it on a brick to cool, it was still
> harder than rivets.
> Randy Mundt


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