Rivet Swage

Lord Ogier · Post by **Lord Ogier** » Fri May 14, 2004 11:44 am

Greetings all,

I think this was visited a while ago, but I can't seem to find the postings. I am lookin for a swage for riveting so I can stop deforming the dome head rivets that I use. Anyone happen to know where I can get one?

I do a lot of work with brass rivets and it really mashes the heads on those when you pien them against an anvil.

Thanks in advance.

JPT · Post by **JPT** » Fri May 14, 2004 12:43 pm

Halberds makes a riveting "anvil" that does that it's a tin alloy I believe. What I use (For which I have to thank Lewis Moore) is a block of aluminum. It works very well.

Padrig · Post by **Padrig** » Fri May 14, 2004 1:05 pm

Making then is fairly easy I would think. Here is a "cheap" way I did it:

[img]http://www.armurerieduroi.com/rivetset_closeup.jpg[/img]

Pad

Guy Dawkins · Post by **Guy Dawkins** » Fri May 14, 2004 1:16 pm

I took a piece of CD med carbon bar 3/4" x 1" and used a 5/16" drill to sink a small dimple into one end. If you get a piece that is taller than the depth on you vise, you can "chuck" it in the vise and it will sit on the sliding base of the vise.

Dose that make sense?

Wolf · Post by **Wolf** » Fri May 14, 2004 1:35 pm

i've also hear of tapeing 3 pennys staked onto your anvil and pounding on them

Sasuke · Post by **Sasuke** » Fri May 14, 2004 2:59 pm

I use bolts that I drill slight depressions in. I just clamp them in a vise and they are good to go.

Chris

Tarquin Bjornsson · Post by **Tarquin Bjornsson** » Fri May 14, 2004 3:16 pm

piece of lead

Thomas Powers · Post by **Thomas Powers** » Fri May 14, 2004 5:41 pm

If you want to look for a comercial one look under rivet "set" and not swage.

Most of mine were made by Pexto; but as I picked them up used I don't know if they are still available from that source.
Thomas

Cad's Apprentice · Post by **Cad's Apprentice** » Fri May 14, 2004 5:58 pm

In the past I've used small chunks of Al and Cu clamped in a vise. Both work well and are cheap enough to toss away without regret.

ToolGoon · Post by **ToolGoon** » Fri May 14, 2004 6:24 pm

I have a big hunk of aluminum that I use as my rivet set.