Laukidh@Laukidh@infosec.exchange
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org Iām wondering how many related hobbies we are away you are from making replacement rivets like some of the restoration channels I watch
AI6YR Ben@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org
Laukidh@Laukidh@infosec.exchange
AI6YR Ben@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org
arclight@arclight@oldbytes.space
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org @Laukidh@infosec.exchange Drill out the rivet. Get some brass tubing that fits the hole the rivet was in. Carefully saw a section of tube 1-2 mm longer than the hole. Grab the tube wiith pliers and heat to a red heat with a torch and quenching in water to annual it. The next (tricky) step is to get/make some dies that will flare and round over the ends of the rivets and lightly tap them with a hammer. The last video in Mark Presling's reproduction Cleveland Racer toy car shows this process - he uses this technique to attach two halves of the a car wheel together in a way that clamps a tire between the two wheel halves but has a nice hole through the center for an axle to fit through.
The process isnt super complicated but it does require a little skill in making or finding the rivet dies. :)
If anything it's good to watch someone else do it to see that rivet replacement isn't magic.