Tool for rivets

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20 February 2018 at 12:40 #9098
Billy Bean
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20 February 2018 at 12:40 #342407
Billy Bean
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I would like a tool for rivetting up Minnie size wheels.

Is a small fly press the best choice please, and if not what would you recommend ?

I prefer not to do it with snaps and hammers due to arthritis in my wrists.

Thank you.

BB
20 February 2018 at 13:00 #342409
FMES
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These work really well **LINK**

Regards

Lofty
20 February 2018 at 13:28 #342419
JasonB
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Polly Engineering do a model sized version of the rivit squeezer and I think they also do it as bare castings as do Atelier in switzerland.

The only problem with a squeezer and presses is you can't get at a lot of the rivits on things like the rear tee rings and inside the tender so have to resort to a good old ball pein hammer and homemade snaps so may as well just do them all that way.
20 February 2018 at 14:00 #342431
Richard S2
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I made various shaped Rivet Closers for my Minnie jobs. They are a common design still (i believe), as I made them back in the mid 80s-

I made the relevant parts interchangeable to save duplication.
20 February 2018 at 14:33 #342440
alan ord 2
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Richard S2, the two rivet closers on the left of your photo were described in ME Issue 3801 pages 574 – 575 Volume 158. I was just looking at it last night as i need to make the same set.
20 February 2018 at 14:42 #342441
Richard S2
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Posted by alan ord 2 on 20/02/2018 14:33:50:

Richard S2, the two rivet closers on the left of your photo were described in ME Issue 3801 pages 574 – 575 Volume 158. I was just looking at it last night as i need to make the same set.

You are indeed correct Sir!. Thanks for the ME references, I was going to start looking for it in anticipation of a request for info, but you saved me the effort.

You will not be disappointed with their performance and the wheel setting version is a real bonus, as it saves all that balancing of parts etc in a vise.
20 February 2018 at 22:12 #342514
Neil Wyatt
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That's long enough ago (nearly 40 years?) to be about time someone revisited that design for MEW.
21 February 2018 at 06:44 #342535
paul rushmer
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I have one of the tools pictured and find it useful, when Dave Noble was trading he us to make a modified jaw for a pair of mole grips. Some one in GL5 modified a pair of parallel closing gas plyers. The wagon boys use them a lot for riveting steel chassis together.

Paul
21 February 2018 at 18:33 #342636
Bruno Taylor
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A member of the Bristol Club demonstrated an adapted hydraulic crimping tool. Basicly made an anvil and head former to fit between tbe jaws. Only a cheap make was used and the results excellent.
29 May 2020 at 22:11 #475966
Buffer
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Posted by Richard S2 on 20/02/2018 14:00:13:

I made various shaped Rivet Closers for my Minnie jobs. They are a common design still (i believe), as I made them back in the mid 80s-

I made the relevant parts interchangeable to save duplication.

Hi

I need to close some rivets on my loco that I cant really get at so I need a rivet closing tool. Does anyone know how this one works or does anyone have any other tools that can close up a rivet when you cant use a hammer.

Thanks

Rich
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