Forming round heads on small steel rivets.

[mark costello 1Participant @markcostello1]

Thanks for the tip,John. I have some steamer trunks to replace the handles on and that is a good idea. No one else here to help.

[vintagengineerParticipant @vintagengineer]

Have you tried spinning them with a bit in a pillar drill.

[Perko7Participant @perko7]

One of the ME suppliers in Australia offers slot-less screws in various BA sizes. Perhaps they could be useful for those locations where the back-side of the rivet is not easily accessible for a rivet snap or a dolly? They need to be a light press fit in the hole so you can do up the nut without the shank turning. A touch of thread-lock (or solder if using brass or copper rivets) should stop them coming loose.

[Perko7Participant @perko7]

I should have said they were round-head screws not pan-head or countersunk.

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

Air hammer/ rivet gun, I spent many hours with a pneumatic rivet gun on aircraft rebuilds and repairs, for aircraft rivets the tails are backed up with a flat dolly, so the tail ends up a flat topped cylinder shape, regardless of the shape of the head, round or counter sunk.

Ian S C

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