Beginner Doubts

 

Hope this helps,

 

Regards

 

Terry

Edited By Terryd on 04/10/2011 09:08:38

Hello Mr. A. Meneses!

I am Portuguese and have a friend who used many rivets in two locomotives and a traction engine he built.

If you want You can see his work in the following URL:
http://vaporvivo.no.sapo.pt/ and http://br.youtube.com/ADVSebastiao

Edited By Dias Costa on 07/10/2011 14:06:57

Hello
I've some time to appear. As I said, my work is very slow.
A few more questions.

It is better to buy an Arbor press, to rivet the work?
Where can I find one? And the snap´s to the arbor press?

Thank You

Armando Meneses

Ebay can be useful

Search for "Hand Press for rivets"

or "Hand Press for eyelets"

Edited By Ady1 on 06/06/2012 11:58:12

An arbor press or fly press will do those sort of sizes of rivits quite easily but you will have to make your own Sanp & dolly. You alsoi need to ensure the snap is held vertically above the rivit otherwise you can bend the rivit so there is no gain.

Bruce engineering do the hand presses but I've not tried one myself

J

Hello Armando Meneses!

You can find in Portugal under the brand Optimum three sizes of arbor press. You can find their catalog here page 209.

I have the 1 ton model and I used it when replacing the bearings in my BF20 milling Without it i couldn't do the job.

With a press like this You can press rivets and more...

Edited By dcosta on 06/06/2012 13:05:45

Hello.

Which of the two options is the best?

Casting - Gunmetal or Cast iron.

Or is preferable bronze?

Thank you

Armando Meneses