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HOLDING
PANEL PINS AND RIVETS
By
Rob Postlethwaite
Holding pins and rivets
for converting into model bolts can be a problem. I have used panel
pins of 1.0 or 1.6mm. diameter when I needed square headed bolts.
- Soften the head by heating to red and allowing to cool down.
- A bar of steel with a 1 or 1.6mm hole drilled in it has a saw
cut made into the end down to and some way past the hole. This
is a suitable device for holding the pins while shaping the head.
- The pin is placed in the hole and the bar griped in the vice
closing the saw cut. This will hold the pin very tightly so that
the head can be hammered down and filed into shape.
The device can also be
used to hold pins for threading and there is no reason why several
different size holes should not be in the same bar.
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