[TheForge] Rivet Set

[Ries Niemi]

I usually just make my own.
I use a ball end mill in my milling machine for round head rivets- 
Grizzly, Enco, and MSC sell cheap ones for 10 bucks or so. Grizzly has 
a whole set of ball end mills for only 40 bucks.
With a vise clamped down, you could use one in a drill press. Run it as 
slow as you can, use some lube, and it will put a nice hemispherical 
hole in your steel.
I seldom bother to even use good steel- A36, heat and water quench, 
they last a while.

If you insist on buying em, you can get em from Roper Whitney-
http://roperwhitney.com/misc/2-24-2.cfm

Ries


On Aug 29, 2006, at 3:49 PM, Jeffrey Polaski wrote:

> I have a few knives that I'd like to finish and I'd like to use some
> round-head or truss-head rivets to attach the handles to the blades.
> I'll probably use 1/8" or 3/16" rivets.
>
> Does any one know here to get a rivet set for round or truss-head
> rivets?
>
>
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Ries Niemi
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