For Sale: Rivet snaps (being produced)

[Jim Burrill]

Richard, I will need to rivet a new drivers side armour on mine. But I don' tknow what "Snaps" are in this context. The buck bar? The part on the impact hammer?

[RichardT10829]

its the part that goes into the hammer and forms the head onto the outside. the bucking bar / block is what is placed onto the inside and prevent the rivet slipping whilst being formed.

the snap is the forming end of the job

here are some old pics of my first snap prior to it being hardened (they are a black / blue colour after this process)

I have set around 400 rivets with my first snap and its still going strong, some on my project and some on other bits and bobs.




the tool shown is machined for guns with 3/8 shank tools.

[Jim Burrill]

Richard, I just saw the video... That bit of work is exactly what I need to do on my carrier. I won't be ready to do it until winter, but I would like to order the snap for those size rivits. I don't own an air hammer - yet- but have the air supply ( 80 gal tank)

Can you recommend an air hammer?

Also, what is the rivit size to order? I imagine I should find someone here int he US for them, but with the old sayising of " don't mess with what works" I might order enough rivits from your source to do the job with some practice rounds too.

It looks like a pretty straight forward job... and best done in the winter I'm thinking!

Pitty I can't make W&P this year! Have to have some sit down time with a few beers/ciders included!

Cheers,
Jim

[Paul Dutton]

Richard, am I right that they are 1/2" rivets with 5/8" heads? If you hear of any carriers for sale in resto condition let me know mate. Cheers

[RichardT10829]

No they are 3/8 rivets 16mm heads. Jim I will drop you a line with the details mate

[RichardT10829]

Jim my gun is a 3/8 shank aero riveter x4 by ingersol rand. It's pretty small but does the job



The rivets came from sapphire products based in Birmingham.

[Lynn Eades]

Richard, that is a small gun. Mine has a 1 1/16" dia. piston x 5" stroke (not a 100% sure about the length of the stroke)
But quite a difference between the gun sizes.
Paul, there are smaller rivets of different sizes, but 95% of them are 3/8" in various lengths. Basically the rivet need 1 1/2 times it's dia. to form a head on a flat surface, and nearly twice the diameter (of rivet sticking through, out the other side) to form a rounded head into a countersunk hole. This means when you buy them they want to be in the area of 20mm longer than the thickness you intend to rivet. The point is, Don't buy them too short. (You'll need a carrier first)