[TheForge] Rivet Vendor?

Andrew Vida osan at netlabs.net
Sat Sep 3 18:28:10 EDT 2011



On 9/3/2011 9:46 AM, Paul Novorolsky wrote:
> For my unsatisfactory attempt, I did center punch. The problem I had was
> that at least a couple of hammer blows early on were not directly inline
> with the center. So the dimple was shifted off-center, and then
> correcting it while you really can't see it is more difficult than
> correcting it in clear view.

	Your punch mark should be something larger than 50% of the diameter of 
the head.  Use a center punch rather than a prick punch as it will 
produce a wider mark for a given depth.  That way you have less chance 
of leaving a dimple at the top of the head when finished.


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