only "perfect" practice makes perfect
plain old practice may get you alittle better,
sometimes alittle worse
thats what I tell Judie
Joe :)
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From: <FastmetalBDF@aol.com>
To: <kturk@ala.net>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 10:19 AM
Subject: Re: Rivets
> Hey Keith ..... You might try the McMaster - Carr catalog or website
> ..... Let the rivet shank project above the metal surface ( or
washer
> ) the same
> height as the rivet's diameter . Rivet sets of the proper size and a nice
> small ballpein hammer and body dollies are very helpful, too ........
> Eyeballing 20s & 30s / 40s rivet work on aircraft and race cars can be
> a good source for doing things the right way, spacing, etc .
> A Roper-Whitney type hand held hole punch with different size dies can
> be handy for making the holes if you're working near the edge of the sheet
> metal. Riveting ( non - Pop type ) has become somewhat of a lost art in
> the last few decades what with all our great Mig & Tig and Oxy-Acetylene
> rigs ..... Have at it and have fun !!! ..... and to throw in two more
quotes :
> Experience is the Best Teacher
> Practice DOES make Perfect
> Bruce, thinking that The Spirit of St Louis had a lot more rivets in
> it than it had welded seams ....... Did rather well, too !!!
> PS : At least back a few years ago old time hardware stores, not
> your Home Depot, Lowe's or Orchard type chainstores, were a
> wonderful source for all that yesteryear technology stuff .......if you
> looked on the back shelves and in dusty corners . Yard sales at homes
> of senior citizens can also turn up some interesting old style workshop
> tools and goodies !!! I once even found an old type lead SPRAYING gun
> used for bodywork way back then ..... I used to do lead work in our
chopping
> & channeling Fifties, and I had seen them in an old bodytool catalog, but
I
> never actually saw lead sprayed in the air onto the metal ! Sounds rather
> TOXIC, doesn't it ??? I wonder how the EPA would rate those little
beasties
> being in modern day body shops ...... Yeaaa, right !!!
> Excuse my Rambling again ..... it seems to come easy these days !
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