[Healeys] Trunk/boot lip rivets

[richard mayor]

Andy,

Can you post a photo of your G clamp?

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 8:44 PM, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:

> Clever!
>
> Better get a patent (quick).
>
> Bob
>
> On 1/27/2016 3:40 PM, Andy Thorp wrote:
>
>> Thanks to everyone who replied with pics and ideas for this job.
>>
>> I ended up modifying a G clamp similar to one somebody sent pics of and
>> it worked very well. It was a bit clumsy to use but once I got the hang of
>> getting the metal clamped up fully first it was relatively straightforward.
>> The important features are having about 1 1/4" narrow rod that goes up
>> inside the shroud lip and the same coming down from the top and fixed so it
>> can't rotate. The RHS was a bit overkill in hindsight.
>>
>> The rivets I had were 1/4" long A125F0250A from rivetsonline.com and if
>> I were to do the job again I'd probably go with 3/8" long given that some
>> of the rivet gets squashed into the [now] slightly oversize holes. The
>> amount of force required to set the rivets is no more than is required to
>> tighten up a G clamp firmly on a piece of metal so it isn't really much
>> effort once the tool is made.
>>
>> Next job, painting.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Andy.
>>
>>
>>
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