Fixing a saber mask

[cbrose]

Hi,

The rivets on one side of my mask were pried loose. I really am not in the mood to buy a new mask. Where can I go to get it fixed for not too much money?

[Inquartata]

Define "not too much". There are a number of f.net denizens who could do it for you.

Or you could buy a rivet and do it yourself for a few cents. It's not difficult. If you do a search you may even find a thread or two in which people talk about how they have done it. I recall at least one recently...

[brtech]

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fencerbill

[Capt. Slo-mo]

Or, go buy a small box of nuts and bolts (and maybe a few small washers).

Take the rivets out, push the bolt thru the hole (head side of the bolt to the outside) thread the nut and tighten severely. It will likely outlast the bib material.

We used to carry around a small box of those supplies for emergency repairs

[fencerbill]

Use 1/8 inch steel pop rivets. Use close fitting fender washers on the outside. You MUST use the corresponding backing plates on the inside of the mask. You need the backing plates because you are putting the pop rivets through mesh and/or fabric and just the expansion of the pop rivet won't hold.

Use the shortest pop rivets that will give you a good expansion and hold well. Afterwards put the outside of the rivet down on something you can use as an anvil and pound down the inside of the rivet to where it is flush and won't scratch you.