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Rivet Set from a Strip of Heavy Tin (Boy Mechanic, 1915)
An emergency rivet set for leatherwork: a 3/4 in strip of heavy tin, rolled tight at one end to drive the washer down, and notched at the other end to hold the washer over the rivet while the first blows are struck.
Beginner
Half an hour
Instructions
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1
Read the Boy Mechanic
Read the Boy Mechanic
"Desiring to rivet some pieces of leather together and having no rivet set, I hastily made one from a strip of heavy sheet tin."
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2
Cut the strip
Cut the strip
Cut a strip of heavy sheet tin 3/4 in wide (a few inches long is ours).
Materials for this step:
Tinplate Sheet1 pieceTools needed:
Tin Snips
Files (Hand File)3
3
Roll one end
Roll one end
Roll one end of the strip up tightly into a solid roll, as in the sketch. This end sets the washer.
Tools needed:
Flat-Nose Pliers4
4
Notch the other end
Notch the other end
Cut a notch in the other end just wide enough to fit over the rivet's shank.
Tools needed:
Tin SnipsFiles (Hand File)5
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Use it
Use it
Put the rivet through the leather and the washer on it. Hold the washer down with the notched end and strike the first hammer blows, then turn the tool and finish with the rolled end.
Materials for this step:
Copper Rivets1 pieceTools needed:
Hammer6
6
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Tin rivet set troubleshooting.
Flow
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History and honest limits
History and honest limits
From **The Boy Mechanic, Book 2** (Popular Mechanics, 1915), p. 457 (checked on the archive.org scan boymechanicbook200chic2). The strip length and tools are ours.
Materials
2- 1 piecePlaceholder
- 1 piecePlaceholder
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