Re: [Healeys] Trunk/boot lip rivets

[Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>]

Clever!

Better get a patent (quick).

Bob

On 1/27/2016 3:40 PM, Andy Thorp wrote:
> Thanks to everyone who replied with pics and ideas for this job.
>
> I ended up modifying a G clamp similar to one somebody sent pics of and it 
> worked very well. It was a bit clumsy to use but once I got the hang of 
> getting the metal clamped up fully first it was relatively straightforward. 
> The important features are having about 1 1/4" narrow rod that goes up inside 
> the shroud lip and the same coming down from the top and fixed so it can't 
> rotate. The RHS was a bit overkill in hindsight.
>
> The rivets I had were 1/4" long A125F0250A from rivetsonline.com and if I 
> were to do the job again I'd probably go with 3/8" long given that some of 
> the rivet gets squashed into the [now] slightly oversize holes. The amount of 
> force required to set the rivets is no more than is required to tighten up a 
> G clamp firmly on a piece of metal so it isn't really much effort once the 
> tool is made.
>
> Next job, painting.
>
> Cheers,
> Andy.
>
>

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