[TheForge] Rivet question

[jerry Frost]

I figured it was rhetorical when I read it, you've been doing this too long
to not know what happened and only mentioned it as a little self butt
kicking exercise. So I took a little poke, sort of like grinding welds. 

I'm not terribly good at riveting and mis-spoke, I use a 6oz. on large
rivets not 16! Fortunately the tongs I've made look ugly enough rattly
rivets are no surprise.

Yes, please post pics of Phe's dragon. I'd like one of it on the truck.

Jer
-----Original Message-----
From: TheForge [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Peter
Fels & Phoebe Palmer
Sent: Monday, March 2, 2015 7:45 AM
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] Rivet question

Clearly the right advice Roger.
And i did that, just one swat too many with the larger hammer. Used a little
4 oz hammer to peen the edges down and texture the commercial rivet head.
I confess this was a bit of a rhetorical question to begin with, but i did
make the mistake ( not the first time), TheForge was kinda dead, and i'd
hoped someone had an after the fact solution.
This afternoon i'm off in my old rustbucket flatbed to deliver my wife's
Chinese dragon commission.
I think i'm going to be a bit overweight, but that's what trucks are
for.truck willing.
It's got a 2 piece ferrocement body, covered by almost 8000 shaped and
glazed pieces of ceramic ( scales, teeth, eyeballs, etc.). She has almost 4
years in it. I'm very pleased that they have the responsibility of
installing it ( crane and all).

On Mar 2, 2015, at 6:19 AM, roger degner <781 at means.net> wrote:

I was always told riveting use light hammer fast to upset edge of material.
Use slower heavy hammer to forge or move the center of the material.
On Mar 1, 2015 11:47 PM, "jerry Frost" <akfrosty at mtaonline.net> wrote:

> I use a 16oz ball pein on large, over 5/16" iron rivets. Does a 
> treadle hammer rivet set save a lot of time?
> 
> Sorry Pete I couldn't help it. <snicker>
> 
> Jer