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purpleponyartThis week's class was just that. There are quite a few tricks to making rivets, and we learned about four kinds. They all begin the same way - as little snips of metal wire. The trick is when you drill the holes to be joined. The "outside" edge holes must be bevelled so that there is room for the metal wire to be hammered in. This can be done with a reamer.
The first type of rivet was a regular one where the ends are flush with the metal. Basically it's drilling a hole, inserting wire, hammer one side, flip and hammer the other until it's nice and smooth. The flush rivet, or blind rivet, is done the same way except the metal wire matches the metal of your piece so it is invisble (almost, anyway). The other is a tube river, where you insert a tube through the hole and I believe you finish it off by squashing the end. Oh, then the last one is the ball or nailhead rivet, where you essentially make a nail by placing one end of the metal wire in the torch flame until it balls up. I know I said I didn't like the look of rivets, but I think I will use the flush rivet on my piece.
The first type of rivet was a regular one where the ends are flush with the metal. Basically it's drilling a hole, inserting wire, hammer one side, flip and hammer the other until it's nice and smooth. The flush rivet, or blind rivet, is done the same way except the metal wire matches the metal of your piece so it is invisble (almost, anyway). The other is a tube river, where you insert a tube through the hole and I believe you finish it off by squashing the end. Oh, then the last one is the ball or nailhead rivet, where you essentially make a nail by placing one end of the metal wire in the torch flame until it balls up. I know I said I didn't like the look of rivets, but I think I will use the flush rivet on my piece.
