Very hard to find round head in Australia , mostly tapered and usually only up to 5/16
Last batch I bought I got out of the USA
Blacksmith Bolt and Rivet Supplies
BlacksmithBolt.com
PO Box 80830
Portland Oregon 97280
Good to deal with
Reasonable price on rivets but transport is a shocker back to Australia. Makes for expensive rivets. Can make your own but hard to stop them expanding the diameter under the new head
http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/at...3&d=1237691303
Are you after 3/8 or 1/2 inch and how many ?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jacques Reed
Hi Ian,
Will look forward to reading how you form the rivet heads for your project.
My same rear crossmember has some wastage on it and a long term project is to someday replace that with a good donor crossmember I salvaged.
I saved one of the original donor crossmember rivets as a sample as per attached photo.
The dimension may be out a bit due to deformation as the rivet is driven but that was the diameter (inches) of the shank of the rivet as miked after removing all rust.
If you, or anyone else, ever find a supplier of the correct round head rivets please let me know.
Cheers,
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