Wanted: Bren carrier rivets

[jeff davis]

Google fastenall they are a huge distributor based in minisota you need 5/16 ri it's 1 inch long
Regards
Jeff

[jeff davis]

Fastenal
275 Avenue Saint-Sacrement #120
Quebec City
Closed now

[colin jones]

I still have quite a few rivets left but I think the postage would be quite expensive. I sent some M3 grousers to Canada and that was $800 so I would think it would be around $100 to send a few KGs but I'm happy to help if needed.
Colin.

[RichardT10829]

That's not quite correct, you actually need 3/8 rivets for the armour and 5/16 for the air intake boxes, radio battery box and some rivets in the folding armour on a Mk1

[maple_leaf_eh]

Didn't someone post a lesson in how to rivet a carrier? I recall the tricks was heat the blank rivet to a certain colour, then two men with the riveting tool and the backing tool did a sort of dance with tongs and hammers. Whoever wrote the story made it seem "effortless" but very tiring. The fellow said he tried using a C-clamp tool, but I forget whether it worked or not.

[jeff davis]

I Talked to a blacksmith and did this
Clamp armour put rivit though hole heat with torch smash end with hammer or air chisel with appropriate shaped head . Worked great

[RichardT10829]

Drill and prep all holes first,,,, bolt the plate on and check alignment, remove every other bolt and replace with a rivet... Allow to cool and repeat with the remaining bolts. Problem with using clamps is they vibrate loose and you end up with slack rivets or miss alignment issues, fine if your doing maybe one rivet, but not say an entire side plate on a carrier.

http://youtu.be/NKBXa9PaSZM

I have done a couple