I wasn't sure where to post this but here goes...My sister works in a school and acquired the small student desk pictured below. My 3 year old daughter fell in love with it and I plan to restore it. I am good with the metal work and painting but working with wood is a different story. I'd like to remove the wood to properly paint it but it has rivets I have never dealt with before. I have used pop rivets plenty of times but these have round heads on both sides. I did a search on the internet but I don't even know what they are called or what type of tool/rivet gun to use to install them. Any help is appreciated.
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Restoring a desk-question about rivets
- Thread starter NYBODYMAN
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I would consider using " *** bolts"
I thought you were trying to be funny until I did a Google search lol...These look like they would work well. Do you choose them based on total depth of the hole?
Also, I'd still be interested in knowing about the rivets which are on the desk currently.
Also, I'd still be interested in knowing about the rivets which are on the desk currently.
length & diameter . you can cut them down but I would try to locate the proper length. they don't need to be the exact lenght, shorter is OK as long as there is enough thread
Provincial
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The original rivets would have been set with a squeeze riveter in order to have formed heads on both sides. The tool used a concave die on each side. One side matched the factory formed head, and the other created the "shop" head in a manner that appears to be factory-formed.
You can use an air hammer with a round head rivet set on the factory head, along with a bucking bar that either has the concave formed directly into it, or uses one of the squeeze riveter sets held in a hole in the bar.
Forming a good looking shop head that matches the round factory head takes some practice, but can be done.
You can use an air hammer with a round head rivet set on the factory head, along with a bucking bar that either has the concave formed directly into it, or uses one of the squeeze riveter sets held in a hole in the bar.
Forming a good looking shop head that matches the round factory head takes some practice, but can be done.
machine_punk
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Where are you located? If you are near me, I can help you with those.
Kev
Kev
Kevin54
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NYBODYMAN.....the round headed rivets use a round headed punch to set the other side. If you send me a rivet, I can make you a punch and seat to set the rivets. If interested, send me a PM.
evanbaker08
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Go with the *** bolts, so much easier than squeeze rivets.
Here's some pics of some hand rivet tools I used on my kennedy box. The 12th and 13th pic in post 1035. You can see the hole and the domed cup in the end of the rivet sets. The end of the rivet goes in the hole before you flatten it so you can compress the metal (in your case case wood and metal) before flattening the rivet. Then you use the cup to shape the end as you hammer it.
http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=49743&page=52
http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=49743&page=52
InPrimer
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Used some *** bolts to repair a handle on a suitcase, FWIW I dabbed some red tread lock on the male side to secure it
NYBODYMAN.....the round headed rivets use a round headed punch to set the other side. If you send me a rivet, I can make you a punch and seat to set the rivets. If interested, send me a PM.
I wouldn't even know where to get these type of rivets or the tools to set them. I've only used rivets with the nail I the center that you squeeze into place.
bodydamage
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I've always known those as Chicago Screws