{"id":6808,"date":"2024-10-18T20:01:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T19:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6808"},"modified":"2024-10-18T20:01:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T19:01:10","slug":"homemade-rivet-setting-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6808","title":{"rendered":"Homemade Rivet Setting Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Those of you familiar with pressing out rivets especially on metal kits will know that the action of the formation of the rivet has a tendency to distort the metal slightly usually resulting a in a slight curl or wave along the line of rivets. Like those below<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-New-Out99979.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-New-Out99979-1024x519.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6809\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-New-Out99979-1024x519.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-New-Out99979-300x152.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-New-Out99979-768x389.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-New-Out99979-500x254.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-New-Out99979.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rivet Strips<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In between applying paint to Mossy&#8217;s wagons I also picked up another unfinished model which I initially was going to cheat one but decided against it and as a result needed a&nbsp;number of riveted strips with rivets at various different spacings. The rivets were pressed along the edge of a sheet of 0.25mm (10 thou) nickel sheet with my Leakey Rivet press and&nbsp;then cut of with the guillotine. it&#8217;s a very satisfying process but as described it does leave the rivet strips with a bit of a curl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until today I have for a number of years &#8216;set&#8217; the rivets using some jewellers stone setting tools after seeing the technique demonstrated on Western thunder by Peter Dunn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-IMG_0005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"506\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-IMG_0005-506x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6810\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-IMG_0005-506x1024.jpg 506w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-IMG_0005-148x300.jpg 148w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-IMG_0005.jpg 632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gemstone setting tools<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These are two of the set which I use most often and I have fitted semi permanent (bonded with loctite 638) handles to them. As they come they have a wooden handle with a collet&nbsp;nut that allows you to change the size. To use them press out your rivets then place on a firm surface and go over them with the tool placing it over each rivet and a small tap with a&nbsp;light hammer sets the rivet and the surrounding metal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is fine and as I say I have used the method for a number of years the only minor downside is that the dome in the end of the tool is quite shallow and I have had it squash the&nbsp;rivets sometimes and the edge is quite reasonably sharp so if you don&#8217;t get it quite vertical it can leave a slight half moon mark around the rivet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While pressing out rivets this morning it struck me that a few minutes on the lathe could improve upon the tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-IMG_0001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"929\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-IMG_0001-1024x929.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6811\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-IMG_0001-1024x929.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-IMG_0001-300x272.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-IMG_0001-768x697.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-IMG_0001-331x300.jpg 331w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-IMG_0001.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Home Made Rivet Setting Tool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-New-Out99989.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"961\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-New-Out99989-961x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6812\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-New-Out99989-961x1024.jpg 961w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-New-Out99989-281x300.jpg 281w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-New-Out99989-768x819.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-New-Out99989.jpg 1201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Home Made Rivet Setting Tool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Using more of the steel rod recovered from waste toner cartridges I faced off the end and then having measured my most used rivet size I drilled a .93mm hole in the end of the rod&nbsp;and then turned it down to allow a flat bottom to not cut into the sheet but narrow enough to allow passing between close fitting lines of rivets.<br>I have recently made a second punch for my rivet press to allow the slightly bigger rivets on Connoisseur kits to be punched more accurately so I made a second &#8216;rivet set&#8217; to set&nbsp;those. That has a 1.3mm hole in it. The recycled printer rods machine lovely but I have noted a tendency to rust where they have been machined so I heated the machined ends to&nbsp;blacken them in oil.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-n-tricks"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6808"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6813,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6808\/revisions\/6813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}