Rivet

**KShan5[PrFC]** · 07-25-2003 02:35 PM

On my sabre mask a rivet popped out. This leaves room now for a blade to slide into my mask. Now is their anyway I can re-rivet this myself without buying a rivet gun?

**bjacobs** · 07-25-2003 03:53 PM

Kevin, just give it to Bill Hall next Wednesday.

**sallearmourer** · 07-26-2003 08:39 AM

Just let Bill have it next Weds I repair them all the time without pop rivets and so does Bill

TIM

**Inquartata** · 07-26-2003 04:05 PM

Insofar as people were rivetting things a thousand years before the invention of the rivet gun, the answer is YES...

Go to the hardware store, get a rivet of the proper length and diameter ( tinners rivets are fine, those are hollow part of their length, solid steel ones work but are stronger than you really need and harder to work ), insert from the outside, lay the mask on a concrete floor so the rivet head is braced and start tapping with a ball pein hammer from the inside until you've mushroomed the end of the rivet over enough to keep it from pulling out. ( A washer might be helpful if you've not had much experience peining rivets. )

**Capt. Slo-mo** · 07-29-2003 01:44 PM

Or, get a short flat-head grade 8 metal bolt, 2 washers and a nut. Put a washer on the bolt, poke it thru the mask (from the outside) in the hole left by the dearly departed rivet. Tighten down the bolt with a washer and nut on the other end. A lock washer on the inside earns you extra credit.

Make sure the bolt is short enough to not intrude into your personal space inside the mask. Tighten as needed.

The replacement bolt will outlast every rivet on your mask.

**Swordmaster** · 08-12-2003 03:27 PM

I use an aluminum two piece fastener that you can buy at Lowes or Home Depot. It is a 3/16 pan head screw with a nut that looks like a screw but the threads are inside the shaft. Poke the nut half through the mesh and insert the screw from the other side then tighten. It's quick, cheap, and secure.
Best of Luck,
Scott

**Artisan** · 08-13-2003 03:33 AM

Originally posted by Swordmaster
I use an aluminum two piece fastener that you can buy at Lowes or Home Depot. It is a 3/16 pan head screw with a nut that looks like a screw but the threads are inside the shaft. Poke the nut half through the mesh and insert the screw from the other side then tighten. It's quick, cheap, and secure.
Best of Luck,
Scott

Its called a "sex bolt"....yup!

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	Register Help Remember Me? Forum General Fencing Armory - Q&A Rivet Closed Thread Results 1 to 7 of 7 Thread: Rivet Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page… Subscribe to this Thread… Display Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode 07-25-2003 02:35 PM #1 KShan5[PrFC] Senior Member Array Join Date Apr 2002 Location Massachusetts Posts 3,051 Rivet On my sabre mask a rivet popped out. This leaves room now for a blade to slide into my mask. Now is their anyway I can re-rivet this myself without buying a rivet gun? -Kevin 07-25-2003 03:53 PM #2 bjacobs Senior Member Array Join Date Jun 2003 Location Cambridge, MA Posts 267 Kevin, just give it to Bill Hall next Wednesday. 07-26-2003 08:39 AM #3 sallearmourer Armorer Array Join Date Aug 2001 Location Moutain Home ID Posts 594 Just let Bill have it next Weds I repair them all the time without pop rivets and so does Bill TIM People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. George Orwell www.yeoldearmourer.com 07-26-2003 04:05 PM #4 Inquartata Curmudgeon Emeritus Array Join Date Jul 2001 Location Somewhere in your nightmares! Posts 33,800 Insofar as people were rivetting things a thousand years before the invention of the rivet gun, the answer is YES... Go to the hardware store, get a rivet of the proper length and diameter ( tinners rivets are fine, those are hollow part of their length, solid steel ones work but are stronger than you really need and harder to work ), insert from the outside, lay the mask on a concrete floor so the rivet head is braced and start tapping with a ball pein hammer from the inside until you've mushroomed the end of the rivet over enough to keep it from pulling out. ( A washer might be helpful if you've not had much experience peining rivets. ) 07-29-2003 01:44 PM #5 Capt. Slo-mo Senior Member Array Join Date Oct 2002 Location West Coast Posts 3,585 Or, get a short flat-head grade 8 metal bolt, 2 washers and a nut. Put a washer on the bolt, poke it thru the mask (from the outside) in the hole left by the dearly departed rivet. Tighten down the bolt with a washer and nut on the other end. A lock washer on the inside earns you extra credit. Make sure the bolt is short enough to not intrude into your personal space inside the mask. Tighten as needed. The replacement bolt will outlast every rivet on your mask. "Sometimes we, as coaches, get into that dictator mode where you just tell and you don't listen and you don't try to understand them." Tom Izzo, Mich. St. "Fraud is the creation of trust. And then: its betrayal." William Black, Ph.D. 08-12-2003 03:27 PM #6 Swordmaster Senior Member Array Join Date Aug 2003 Location Shreveport Posts 266 I use an aluminum two piece fastener that you can buy at Lowes or Home Depot. It is a 3/16 pan head screw with a nut that looks like a screw but the threads are inside the shaft. Poke the nut half through the mesh and insert the screw from the other side then tighten. It's quick, cheap, and secure. Best of Luck, Scott //www.Sword-Masters.com oxxx[[======================= \\Toll Free 866-SWORD4U Slay more with a Claymore 08-13-2003 03:33 AM #7 Artisan Senior Member Array Join Date Oct 2002 Location Mid Atlantic Posts 1,227 Originally posted by Swordmaster I use an aluminum two piece fastener that you can buy at Lowes or Home Depot. It is a 3/16 pan head screw with a nut that looks like a screw but the threads are inside the shaft. Poke the nut half through the mesh and insert the screw from the other side then tighten. It's quick, cheap, and secure. Best of Luck, Scott Its called a "sex bolt"....yup! Closed Thread « Previous Thread \| Next Thread » Posting Permissions You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is Off HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules Contact Us Fencing.Net Archive Top All times are GMT -4. The time now is 06:07 PM. Powered by vBulletin® Version 4.1.9 Copyright © 2012 vBulletin Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0 (c) 1995 - 2010 Fencing Net; Fencing.Net, fdn, Fencing101, Epee101, Foil101, Sabre101 are all trademarks of Fencing.Net, LLC. Thank you to Replica Sword Shop for their support.