scrach on a tank- Built ork is well known, there is never enough rivets. You know, the rivets is my passion. But in my endless quest to perfect the rivet, I think I've reached the ultimate in geekery outillesque! Hook you well, I'll reveal my secret:
is a bit over-kill non? Resume from the beginning ... Everything begins a year earlier on the site Micro-Mark , a web-store American model of specialized tools. Let us say at once, the first visit to this site may cause you to lose your night, as there are references on this incredible site. It's simple, it is my bible tools are used. It is precisely during one of those evenings that lost I came across this ... Presses rivets in the $ 25!
Only problem, these tips are associated with rivet a machine that costs $ 90 in :
To which must be added $ 50 accessory that goes well for accommodate the female end and guide all:
And there is the drama, it falls into the accessory pro and both say that $ 175 plus shipping to international miniature rivets, it hurts. So, I tell myself that all I need is a system to use these tips at $ 25 one vertically against each other, without necessarily needing the rest. And miraculously, I had this tool: a drill press with table Proxxon cross. Neither one nor two, I order my tips and this is what I get two weeks:
You end up with 5 pairs of male-female fittings ranging in size from 1 to 5, over a spigot sharp. The problem is now able to use it with my drill, so I prepared a wooden base to accommodate the tips:
So here I am ready to party female. For the male part, put it all together on the drill:
The 3 speeds are actually attached with the report of the transmission belt between the gear motor and the spindle axis. One can easily change the configuration when the machine is stopped, when the cover removed: Once the wooden base placed on the cross table, firmly tightened with the two metal clamps, here's what you get:
And more loan:
And yet more ready:
was so tight a spigot in the chuck, number 3 in this example, perfectly aligned with the female in the wooden base. The press is naturally with the column of the drill, stopping of course, by pushing the lever for this purpose. We can also pre-set maximum depth down the column using the guide below:
But in my case, it is not necessary. The two ends fit together perfectly, so no need to set maximum depth.
And now you know all the hardware side!