{"id":5563,"date":"2022-06-12T16:48:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T15:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5563"},"modified":"2022-06-12T16:48:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T15:48:51","slug":"restoration-of-a-double-leakey-rivet-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5563","title":{"rendered":"Restoration of a Double Leakey Rivet Press"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After collecting a couple of pre orders from Finney7 and Metalsmith and then buying other bits and pieces including some driving wheels for a J21 (I already have tender wheels for it. I risked a look on the Bring and Buy stand. I went later because I didn&#8217;t want to be tempted by a too good to miss kit as I have far too many as it is. What I did find for the princely sum of \u00a319 was a Double Leaky Rivet press. I was amazed that it hadn&#8217;t been snapped up and I wasn&#8217;t the only one, as when I was paying for it the gut who served said that he thought that as he was putting the price label on he thought that someone would be taking it out of his hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It needs a little TLC and at first glance I knew it was missing the depth guide but otherwise pretty good condition for something that will be getting on for 30 or more years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This thread is to share the journey of it&#8217;s restoration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0001-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"965\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0001-1-1024x965.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5557\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0001-1-1024x965.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0001-1-300x283.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0001-1-768x724.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0001-1-318x300.jpg 318w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0001-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Double Leakey Rivet Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0002-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"945\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0002-1-1024x945.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5558\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0002-1-1024x945.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0002-1-300x277.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0002-1-768x709.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0002-1-325x300.jpg 325w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0002-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Double Leakey Rivet Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/New-Out99999.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"417\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/New-Out99999-417x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5559\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/New-Out99999-417x1024.jpg 417w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/New-Out99999-122x300.jpg 122w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/New-Out99999.jpg 521w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Double Leakey Rivet Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After collecting a couple of pre orders from Finney7 and Metalsmith and then buying other bits and pieces including some driving wheels for a J21 (I already have tender wheels for it. 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