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Pinrestore Rivet Press Kit Assembly

By TinyBlackDog

2 years ago



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    #1 2 years ago

    I recently picked up the rivet press kit from Pinrestore before they shut down and have spent the weekend doing the assembly with a HF 1 ton arbor press. I had a bit of trouble drilling out the 3/16” hole in the ram for the upper rollover die. I broke a bit and had to switch to another one half way through. The die fit is a bit loose and I’m not sure if this is going to cause problems. The spring clip is holding the die in but there is some movement as seen in this video:

    Seems like I’ve got 3 options:

    1) Leave it as is
    2) JB Weld the die into the hole - should be rock solid if I do
    3) Drill another hole on the other end of the ram

    My gut feel is that it should be fine, since it will lock into place as soon as it makes contact with the bottom die. Seems like a bit of play may even be beneficial. Thoughts?

    #3 2 years ago

    Thanks @bluespin. I ended up buying a new drill bit and drilling the other end of the ram - this time it was a very clean perfectly straight single pass hole. Turns out there is still quite a lot of play in the die, and it looks like that is expected. The bottom die has a similar amount of play as well.

    Was able to wrap up all the riveting for my Shadow restore this morning. This press is definitely overkill for just one machine, but that just means I'll need to do some more restos once this is done

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