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ggower_99(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 12:56 pm Post subject: Riveting oneself into a corner.

Hello Tommy,

   

  I had a similar problem in another project...   I solved it using a little nut that fits in the rivet nail, goes betwen the rivet and the hand rivet gun.

   

  This way, you can bend a little the nail to get the rivet done.  The rivet will not got the round finish, but will hold ok.

   

  Make a test in some scrap material first.

   

  Saludos

  Gary Gower 



Tommy Walker <twalker(at)cableone.net> wrote:

  



Like the proverbial painter, I've gotten myself into a corner and wondered if anyone has a solution short of drilling all the rivets out and starting over correctly.



If you look at the attached picture, you can see where my problem is. I can't get the two holes in the 7F12-4 Gusset riveted. The problem is caused by the 15 degree angle in the 7F5-2SP Side Channel. I should have set these two rivets in the Gusset and tubes before I set it in place, but I didn't There's not enough room for my manual or air powered rivet guns to set the rivet flush. I tried grinding off the side of the nose on the rivet gun, but still can't get the head to set flush.



Any ideas would be appreciated. I bought a cheap HF rivet gun with a swivel head thinking I might be able to wiggle around and get it to work.... Alas, all my wiggling has been for naught.

[Rolling Eyes] 



Tommy Walker in Alabama

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Peter Barthold

Joined: 24 Apr 2006
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Location: Germany

Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 6:26 am Post subject: Re: Riveting oneself into a corner.

Hello Tommy,

the solution I have is just the slightly more elaborate version of Gary's approach. I found it somewhere here on the list, I think.



You take a cylindrical piece of metal with a center hole big enough for the rivet stem to go through. Length should not exeed 10mm or your rivet gun will not grip any more. 

You shape one end like the classic ZAC nose piece.

You file an angle on the other end that is tilted out of the rectangular plane (10 to 15 degrees).

The stem is soft enough to bend the 10 degrees. So you put the device between your rivet gun and the rivet and start squeezing. the angle will act as a miter.

Maybe one of you native speakers who know what I mean can explain that better 



Greetings from Germany



Peter 

HDS TD VW

Tailkit done

Wing in progress

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