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Mike Ruhala
Location: Stuart, Florida Joined: 24 Jul 2011
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 Posted: Sun 15 Jun, 2014 11:26 pm Post subject: A Better Round Rivet To Use With The Indian Made Links? |
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I've got an itch to make some mail but the round rivets provided with the pre-made links are really awful even if I'm willing to turn a blind eye to other historical inaccuracies. Is there a better off the shelf rivet option or at least an easy DIY one?
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Mart Shearer
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A piece of wire? From Vegard Vike's Ring Weave, a section of a ring from C 2616, Møllerdalen, Buskerud, fragment of a mail hose (chausse): The round wire ring is about 1mm diameter with a 0.3-0.5mm diameter "rivet".
http://www.themailresearchsociety.erikds.com/pdf/tmrs_pdf_11.pdf
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Last edited by Mart Shearer on Tue 17 Jun, 2014 5:46 am; edited 1 time in total
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Mike Ruhala
Location: Stuart, Florida Joined: 24 Jul 2011
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I guess it comes down to making a custom rivet setting tool then.
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Mart Shearer
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Eric S
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Mart Shearer
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Thanks, Eric. (Also corrected my post--how did that code closure end up in there !?)
ferrum ferro acuitur et homo exacuit faciem amici sui
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Mark T
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Mike R: would a set of riveting tongs (such as the ones sold by HE or Andre) not work for what you want to do?
(This is less a suggestion, and more a question out of ignorance  ... I've not used them, and don't know what result they give versus what you want to end up with.)
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This is a standard topic