Recent content by neevo

I think the problem I have now is the anvil/setter/die I have. Looking to make something on the lathe.

Oh yeah, overkill for sure. But I’ve had such issues making something work I thought I’d go over the top in the hope it would work. Plus I then have a shop press to use after too. It’s still not perfect. The rivets set perfectly but the back sides are not neatly mushroom’d out. I’m going to...

80% of the way through my shop press build:

So I went to my local scrap yard and bought some pallet racking shelving. A few more bits to complete before I try setting a rivet. But I’m 60% of the way there I reckon.

That’s what I was looking at but I suspect it’s not going to work as I need more reach and depth than that offers. A shop press seems a likely solution and some bought dies maybe to ensure they’re properly going to set the rivets.

Thanks all for the tips. I have a few ideas and keen to get people’s thoughts. I’ve tried the hitting with a hammer method but really can’t get it to work. So I’m thinking I might get a shop press instead. Then I can modify some of the parts I have (setter and dies) to attach to that. Likely...

Not cosmetic. They’re integral for the structure. Bolt mounts are riveted on to panels as well as tube sockets and RCA connectors are riveted on too. Probably 100 odd rivets required.

I bought some of those but I suspect I need to better size them for the exact rivets. I struggled to find some readily available, certainly in Australia has been a challenge.

For anyone interested here is the full rebuild thread: Click Here Attached are (can’t work out how to embed the images): 1. The amp in its original condition 2. The 3mm diameter semi hollow rivets with 3mm length. These were in stainless, I also bought nickel plated as I thought they’d be...

Appreciate everyone’s help (gratuitously posting to get up to 5).

I have purchased a load of tools to try and help me: Air impact gun with corresponding setting attachments Hammer setters (probably for much lighter rivets as they bent) With the air gun I have found it splits the back of the rivet and the front is marked by the other part (the but that holds...

To clarify a few things. 1. The preamp in question is a Macintosh C20 from the 1960’s 2. It was in terrible condition when I bought it and I’ve slowly been brining it back to life 3. It cost me not much to buy but the restore will be a reasonable cost. Still significantly less than buying one...

Sorry for the delay, for some reason I didn’t get notifications of replies, will have to check my thread settings. Pictures are worth a thousand words so let me get a few posts in, then I can share the pics I have that I’m sure will explain things a lot better.

Hello everyone :) I have just joined as I was following a rabbit hole on how to set rivets and found this site and some great info and was hoping to reach out to those in the know about setting hollow rivets. I am restoring an old piece of audio equipment and am half way through the...