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Riveting pewter

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seventhdevil:
why not rivet with some copper?

both are soft so should change shape together and i think the contrast would be a good look.

Les Symonds:

--- Quote from: dr4g0nfly on June 01, 2019, 06:32:37 AM ---... how is it different to riviting any other metal. .....

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Under the normal process of rivetting, the rivet expands in girth, swelling into and locking itslef into the pre-drilled hole in the material being joined. If the material is much softer than the rivet, it will expand with the rivet and therefore not give such a firm hold. Also, the heads of the rivet will squash into the material and could well spoil the surface appearance......that's why copper rivets used in clinker-built boats had a rove set onto them!
Les

bodrighywood:
Depending on how strong they need to be, as opposed to just ornamental maybe something like these which are for mafterial, they sort of clip together. Used to use something similar at sea on canvas. They are applied trough a hole and piched together with a special pair of pliers.

Pete

Paul Hannaby:
Or how about the old style bifurcated rivets?

Tony Kairo:
Can you not use pewter rivets ?

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