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Step 7Making rivets
llI used to make these all the time, to make the rivet form take two pieces of steel and clamp them together, drill straight down so half the hole is on one side and the other half on the other.
Vice up the form so it's nice and even, drop in some straight copper wire the same size as the holes but a little longer.
File the tops that are sticking out to flat
then peen the portion sticking out to hard against the form. Remove the form from the vice and when you break it open you have rivets. If you are careful to make your form fit nice and smooth together you can sometimes use it to cast rivets instead of forging them.
Vice up the form so it's nice and even, drop in some straight copper wire the same size as the holes but a little longer.
File the tops that are sticking out to flat
then peen the portion sticking out to hard against the form. Remove the form from the vice and when you break it open you have rivets. If you are careful to make your form fit nice and smooth together you can sometimes use it to cast rivets instead of forging them.
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