Tool for rivets

I would like a tool for rivetting up Minnie size wheels.

Is a small fly press the best choice please, and if not what would you recommend ?

I prefer not to do it with snaps and hammers due to arthritis in my wrists.

Thank you.

BB

These work really well **LINK**

Regards

Lofty

Polly Engineering do a model sized version of the rivit squeezer and I think they also do it as bare castings as do Atelier in switzerland.

The only problem with a squeezer and presses is you can't get at a lot of the rivits on things like the rear tee rings and inside the tender so have to resort to a good old ball pein hammer and homemade snaps so may as well just do them all that way.

I made various shaped Rivet Closers for my Minnie jobs. They are a common design still (i believe), as I made them back in the mid 80s-

I made the relevant parts interchangeable to save duplication.

Richard S2, the two rivet closers on the left of your photo were described in ME Issue 3801 pages 574 - 575 Volume 158. I was just looking at it last night as i need to make the same set.

You are indeed correct Sir!. Thanks for the ME references, I was going to start looking for it in anticipation of a request for info, but you saved me the effort.

You will not be disappointed with their performance and the wheel setting version is a real bonus, as it saves all that balancing of parts etc in a vise.

That's long enough ago (nearly 40 years?) to be about time someone revisited that design for MEW.

I have one of the tools pictured and find it useful, when Dave Noble was trading he us to make a modified jaw for a pair of mole grips. Some one in GL5 modified a pair of parallel closing gas plyers. The wagon boys use them a lot for riveting steel chassis together.

Paul

A member of the Bristol Club demonstrated an adapted hydraulic crimping tool. Basicly made an anvil and head former to fit between tbe jaws. Only a cheap make was used and the results excellent.

Hi

I need to close some rivets on my loco that I cant really get at so I need a rivet closing tool. Does anyone know how this one works or does anyone have any other tools that can close up a rivet when you cant use a hammer.

Thanks

Rich