[TheForge] rivets

[R.C.Mundt]

Has anyone had any experiance riveting w/ an air hammer, the hand held =
variety?
I have a chipping hammer you know a little jackhammer about 18" long, =
thought I would use it for riveting so cut of the chisle end on the tool =
, heated it, and drove a rivet head into it to make a heading tool. the =
way my rivets were located I couldn't get a straight shot at them so put =
an offset in the tool.
I thought I was going to rivet like nobodys business,wrong.
I bent rivets and formed heads off center like nobodys business.Finally =
wound up doing most of the rivetting w/ a hand hammer and punch and =
using the air hammer for the final shaping of the head.  I'm sure  the =
offset in the tool didn't help matters, but it sure seemed like I was =
hitting the rivets straight on. Any Ideas?
Randy Mundt


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