Anyone know what these are?

[FMC1959]

At a garage sale I bought a box full of different pop rivets, which is what I was looking for. There were also 2 jars.

One jar having these which might be aluminum or maybe some kind of steel. The inside has no treads for anything to grab onto.





The second had these guys made of copper with copper washers, no hollow sections on these.

 

[WWheeler]

Last ones look like copper leather rivets. I suspect the others are rivets for leather also, but just a guess.

 

[danielbuck]

yea, the aluminum ones they look like rivets that sometimes hold triggers on for tools like an air blower, the shaft is long enough to span the width of the trigger, and the last 8" or so is hollow so that it will mushroom and keep from falling out.

 

[bob15]

They are rivets, used for thicker objects

 

[JR 42]

The silver ones look like cutlers rivets, or some other kind of press fit rivet, but you're missing the smaller diameter, solid male half. The copper ones are also rivets - the end of the copper shaft gets peened over the washer.

JR

 

[lilredex]

They are known as "semi tubular rivets" and come in various lengths and head diameters. Smaller ones often hold on nameplates on toolboxes, etc.

https://www.google.ca/search?q=semi...cAhWRxIMKHbErCdUQsAR6BAgBEAE&biw=1280&bih=663

 

[FMC1959]

Thanks for the responses everyone.

I have 3 guns for regular pop (blind) rivets, and also a couple of nut rivet guns; from what I see on the net, both the semi tubular and the solid rivets, each require their own riveting tool?

What you see in the pics is what I have; for this amount and never having had a need for them before, I am not going to buy a tool for them.

Anyone know if their are work arounds with common tools, or even an adapter for my rivet nut or blind rivet guns for these?

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

They are rivets, used for thicker objects

Bob nailed this one or should I say riveted it.
We used to use the copper type to repair swather canvases. They would go through the belting and attach to a stick/lathe about an inch wide and as long as the canvas was wide. I forget what the wood cross pieces were called but gave the canvas some rigidity for the weight of the crop you were cutting.

 

[Wamsutta]

I'm more interested in the surface that the rivets are laying on. Looks like a butcher block workbench of some kind. Get we get a shot of that?

 

[lilredex]

Take a look in a fabric store for snap closures. The tools that come with them might be the right size, or at least will give you an idea of what you need to install yours. Commercial installs use a spinning action (drill press) to obtain the smooth fold over. Just knocking them over with a hammer tends to split them somewhat.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap_fastener

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap_fastener#/media/File:Sewing_snap_rivet_tools.jpg

Found these tools in a Big Lots store a while back, they are made for hammer action in most cases.

 

[FMC1959]

Take a look in a fabric store for snap closures. The tools that come with them might be the right size, or at least will give you an idea of what you need to install yours. Commercial installs use a spinning action (drill press) to obtain the smooth fold over. Just knocking them over with a hammer tends to split them somewhat.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap_fastener

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap_fastener#/media/File:Sewing_snap_rivet_tools.jpg

Found these tools in a Big Lots store a while back, they are made for hammer action in most cases.

That could be perfect. A dedicated tool would cost too much for the few I have and the current (non) need.

I'm more interested in the surface that the rivets are laying on. Looks like a butcher block workbench of some kind. Get we get a shot of that?

Started out with 3 of these


Took off the tops and made a 12 foot long bench high enough to insert the rolling cabinet (without the wood top). The top is 2 x 8 by 12 feet long, side by side, then topped with these "butcher block" tops.

 

[WWheeler]

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[FMC1959]

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Excellent, exactly what I was looking for. For the few I have, I can try what the guy on the video does......Thanks

 

[2oolhound]

Rivet sets are easy to make from a short piece of bar stock and drill a hole for the rivet shank to fit in, then drill a dome next to it with a bigger bit. You can round the dome out with a carbide burr if you have one but just the dome the big drill bit leaves will work.

 

[Mbsk01]

1st picture is similar to what is used to attached hinges to door panels on roll-up doors found on semi-trailers and box trucks. A rivet set for them should be available anywhere that sells rivets or repairs semi trailers, and fits right into most common air hammers.

 

[FMC1959]

Rivet sets are easy to make from a short piece of bar stock and drill a hole for the rivet shank to fit in, then drill a dome next to it with a bigger bit. You can round the dome out with a carbide burr if you have one but just the dome the big drill bit leaves will work.

That's what I did, worked pretty good, thanks

1st picture is similar to what is used to attached hinges to door panels on roll-up doors found on semi-trailers and box trucks. A rivet set for them should be available anywhere that sells rivets or repairs semi trailers, and fits right into most common air hammers.

Thanks

 

[robalmal]

Mechanics used to reline brake shoes using rivets like those. We had a special foot operated machine to do the job. Nowadays you buy the shoes prebonded.