---------------------------------------------------------- Zenith601-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 05/24/12: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 08:11 PM - Rivet Removal () ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 08:11:10 PM PST US From: Subject: Zenith601-List: Rivet Removal Those of you who drill out rivet heads, have them pop off, and easily push out the stems with no problem, just hit the delete button and don't waste time reading this. If, on the other hand, you drill the head slightly off center, have to chisel it off, and then expend your entire vocabulary of swear words on those *&^%$ rivets that you can't push out, here's something I discovered. Particularly on an unsupported flange, using a mandrel or punch and a hammer doesn't help since the flange moves. Some others are in tight spaces, where you can't get a pair of pliers in , or the pliers slip off. Or sometimes, the &^%$#@ rivet just won't cooperate. Maybe somebody already thought of this but it's new to me, and it works: In a fit if desperation I drilled a 1/8" hole in the top cup of an old pair of Cleco pliers. Then I took a 1-1/2 inch long piece of aluminum (1/4" rod will do, but I used an old aluminum rain gutter nail), put it in the drill press, and filed about 7/16th of it down to 1/8" thick. I then reversed it, and filed down the other end to 1/8", leaving a little less than 1/8 in the middle unfiled, to use as a collar. With the collar end inserted into the Cleco pliers cup. I put the tool over the rivet stem, lined up the bottom jaw around the offending rivet, and squeezed. The rivet came out with one squeeze. I'm next going to make one out of steel, for next time. Maybe make another in A-5 size if necessary. Using the poor man's lathe, it took about 30 minutes. Paul R ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message zenith601-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Zenith601-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/zenith601-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/zenith601-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.