Are these rivets?

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Along with the material used to construct a container that I own, which many helpful chaps on this group have already assisted me with, I'm trying to source some pins/rivets and related tools similar to these:

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've trawled around looking for something similar and I've found plenty of pop rivets that will achieve the desired result however, I need something with the same flush style (no hole through the rivet), and they need to be brass, steel or another material that can be given an authentic/depreciated finish. So far the most usable thing I've encountered are furniture pins but these aren't really suitable for my project. Can anyone suggest where I might find such a product or at least what I should be looking for aside from rivets?

dennis · Accepted Answer

Cicero · Answer

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They're 'bifurcate rivets'. Try a 'google' for clear pictures.

Use a hammer and something like a cold chisel used on its side to set them.

Cic.

Chris_W · Answer

Brilliant! Both of your examples look good so far, thanks very much.

The Medway Handyman · Answer

Isn't 'Bifurcate' a great word :-)

Cicero · Answer

==============================================================It sounds rude without actually being so; it might have been borrowed from  the late 'Father Ted'.Cic.

Roger Mills · Answer

As others have said, you need bifurcated rivets similar to these:

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they're like mine, they come in assorted lengths and the tin contains a wire 'handle' to hold each rivet while you are tapping it into the material. [I've got a couple of tins which look exactly like these, which I inherited from my father - one of which he had when I was a kid, so they're several decades old!]

If joining (say) two pieces of leather, you tap the rivet through both pieces into a piece of soft wood underneath. Then you turn it over and remove the wood, and spread the legs of the rivet. The easiest way is to tap a bit of round bar of an appropriate diameter down on the ends of the legs, so as to start them spreading, and then finish off with a hammer. If desired, you can slide a metal washer over the rivet before spreading the legs, to give extra strength.

Chris_W · Answer

Cheers Roger. They're always interested to know what I get up to inthe basement at work ...... 'I'm bifurcating'. Hehe, it is veryCraggyesque.

NT · Answer

Can we use the picture on the wiki?

Dave · Answer

And don't forget to get the washers for the other side.Dave

Derek Geldard · Answer

They rejoice under the name of bifurcated rivets. Farsands on google.The ones on the photo look like they've been "set" by a machine, (yournext problem).Derek

Chris_W · Answer

Yeah I did think they looked machined. This isn't such a big dealthough, it justs means the job will take a bit lobger.'Can we use the picture on the wiki? 'Sure you can, do what you like with it.

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