I used this technique several times. So glad that I found this video. It just took a few practice rivets and I have it mastered. Most appreciated.

One of the highest quality and most useful and informative videos on KZread. An excellent educational work. Thank you!

Never hold a piece of metal with your hand when drilling with a drill press if it gets caught it can spin the metal now you have a spining blade I've seen someone have to go to the E.R from that use a clamp or weight. The counter sink tool we call that one a rose bud and use it to deburr in aerospace great video i enjoyed it.

@kwhp1507

3 жыл бұрын

I am sure he is well aware of how to use his tools. Why is it everyone becomes a safety Nazi on you tube? In all fairness he is drilling a soft gumming type of metal that will never “catch” when drilling as slow as he is. I think I am going to start a new award for safety Nazis and call it the Peoples PC a-hole of the day award.

@xtremediycreations

3 жыл бұрын

@@kwhp1507 Because he can't flex in real life so he has to flex his safety knowledge on KZread.

@matonmongo

3 жыл бұрын

@@kwhp1507 LOL! Spot on, and the safety nazis kinda seem like a 'variant' of the SJW's and social media "Moral Narcissists"... aka, "I have The Truth®, and I'm Entitled!" ;-p

@ruatarapaapu3774

2 жыл бұрын

@@kwhp1507 I see these warnings as being for dumbasses like me who watch these videos but don't have all the experience/skills etc. that he has. I appreciate them 🤷‍♂️

@michaelsrowland

Жыл бұрын

@Kevin Hanes I am not so he saved me fron having to go to er

Thank you so much. I wish I had seen this before the "YOU CAN WELD ALUMINUM SUPER EASY WITH THESE RODS!!!!" videos. Half of my welds (brazing?) failed. My surface where cleaned well. I think it had to do with the aluminum being to thick to maintain the heat. It was L shaped 1"X 1 and 1/4" and roughly 3/16" thick. I was attaching 3" wide straps that where thin. Even with MAP gas it wouldn't get hot enought to consistently "weld" bond together. Steves rivets seem like a better solution for mechanical bonding.

very nice presentation. No music, just quite spoken demonstration and explanations. Beautiful, Thanks Steve

This is exactly what I was looking for ... Fantastic idea! And thanks for the very quiet video with your calm voice and no blaring music in the background! Thanks so much!

Liked the technique, and the total no-nonsense approach. No babbling or extraneous chatter, just right to the point!

Really nice, great explanation including pounding it apart.

Countersink it to 100 degrees and you'll get a far stronger joint, aviation practice .

This why you want to pick up those old well made hand tools like reamers and all types of metal tools when you see them cheap at a yard sale. They may be invaluable later.

The idea to do this with your own stock is cool! Never occurred to me. Recently I was cleaning up my favorite pliers to give to my son, and suddenly noticed the beautiful rivet that holds the two halves together - virtually invisible when ground flat and polished, and taken for granted by me. That led me to bump into your nice best-practice sharing video. Thank you!

Steve, great tip many thanks for this. Am building a PC case from the ground up and was breaking my head on how to hide rivets, you just made my day ;-) Cheers

Dang...that was actually pretty cool. Thanks for posting.

Should use the ball side of the hammer to pound rivets.. causes the metal to spread out more in your countersunk hole.

Fantastic! I also never knew this was how it could be finished. Any Gruman body truck or jet has billion of these. Little did I know this could be a DYI. Thanks for taking the time and using your skills to make this video. Reading the comments you can now call yourself the best educator on KZread. I'm 68 and had no clue. Thumbs up n subscribed.

Thanks! That's a great idea. Very clean look. I need to work on my hammer skills to pull that off. Wow!

in the 70's i learned to use the ball end of the hammer , but then again it was mostly on steel , not as soft as alloy . good vid , thanks

In additional to my previous comment in the aeorospace technology the solid rivet is used instead of welding like aircraft fuselage such as Boeing etc. using basic tools nearly The difference is mini pneumatic 1.4 kg hammer ( price is $30) and bucking bar instead of hammer and vise earl years flush rivets are hand made for steam tanks with basic tools

I like that you expanded both sides at once.

With all of today's exotic tech, thx much for the reminder about the value of basic rivets... such a simple yet venerable fastening method, and as old as the use of metal itself.

Very well explained; Thank you very much Steve; Much appreciated.

Incredible Skill .... The 2 Rivets are Almost Invisible and made Strongly joined as well ! Wonderful & THANKS !

You can only see the rivets because they are a different alloy of aluminum. Great video.

I think a little more metal in the head of the rivet would have held the pieces together better and kept the metal from bending. It was only able to bend because the rivet failed. A little more counter-sink would have done the job. But the rest of your work is exceptional and I learned a few tips from you to help me out in the future. Thanks.

@opusprimum7681

5 жыл бұрын

A steeper angle with a regular countersink bit would have left more supporting material.

@pantac4493

5 жыл бұрын

You can’t countersink to the point of a knife edge because it will cause rivet shearing

I can see the same flush surface rivets setup on my old hack 5" engineer's set square. It's had a hard life abused by many but still gives an accurate 90 degrees. The newer set i recently bought (clean shiny and of small sizes) appear to have all been brased-welded with no sign of any rivets. I bet that if they were ever dropped that's the end of them for accuracy.

that was exactly the information i needed to repair an aluminum piece that was probably riveted in the same way.. only knowing pop rivets so far, this was the perfect how-to for me :) thanks a lot for taking the time to share this.

That's brilliant, mate. First I've seen this technique. So simple and economic.

Great Job! Thank you for making this video. Easy to listen to and to understand. Would just like a list of your equipment with simple description so that us Newbies can get find or buy what you have in your workshop to make the rivets.

This is a wonderful technique, beautifully demonstrated. Thank you.

Beautiful finished product, very cool. Thanks!

its not what I was looking for but what a nice finish job. I was impressed when the rivet nearly disappeared into the metal.

Very good presentation, Steve, thank you

It is very apparent that you have done this many times. Thank you.

Thanks Steve. Very helpful and informative!

Beautiful! I hadn't seen this before! Thanks Steve!

Excellent demo, I picked up a couple of tricks, thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Very cool technique and super satisfying to watch.

You can make amazing tools using brass bars and copper rivets using this technique. I still have mine from carpentry school.

EXCELLENT TUTORIAL SIR! THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!

Appreciate the attention to every detail. Thanks.

Nice photography!

When filing aluminium you get a better finish if you put chalk on the file.

@stevecornett8043

6 жыл бұрын

Great tip, thanks!

Very cool technique! Looks great once it's filed. Thanks for sharing I'll be using this for sure.

Love that demo,and I don't even do metalwork!😊👏👏👏👏

....thank YOU very much !! very precise work !!! kinde refards from Switzerland !!

How cool was that! Wizard!!!

Excellent tutorial.

That’s very impressive and could be equally useful.

Very good instructional video, thanks for passing on your skills.

Thank you. Used my first rivet today.

That was the coolest thing I've seen in metal work on you tube

Thanks I'll be using this Technic on my next project.

Fantastic result, well done!

excellent demonstration, cool technique

Excellent idea! Thank you for sharing. I'm sharing it too.

Great video. Thanks for the tips!

That's amazing Steve. Thanks a lot!!

Are you a magician? I'll rephrase that: you are a magician.

you should predrill deburr the holes first then hit your rivets, you have metal shavings in between your layers.

I learn something today for sure..Thanks.

That’s incredible advice...THANK you

Wow that is awesome. Thanks for sharing

Bonjour. Très bonne vidéo. Merci.

Great Video, Great information, Thank you for posting

Almost invisible. that's amazing

thanks man i was trying to make a barrel and was wondering how to join the metal ring together

Very nice video and very informative. I hope to God that I never have a need to do this myself because I don’t think I’d have the patience to do that! I’d be reaching for the CA glue

@leehaelters6182

5 жыл бұрын

Hey Follow Me, not a bad idea, at all. Tack the two pieces together with CA, then work can proceed more swiftly while drilling and squeezing! L

Exactly what I needed. Thanks, Steve.

Works loads better if you centre Punch rivet first 🤸

thanks for the video , excellent work .

All that beautiful work, then destroy it at the end. Lol. Great vid!

Excellent job!

Excelente!!! una lección más aprendida, muchas gracias!

Well done....Professional job. Thanks

Beautiful work Steve thanks. It is unfortunate that there are a number of nitpickers in this thread who no doubt have not created anything in their life but choose to nitpick someone who has!

nicely done.

Superb work ^_^ very educational. Thank you very much!

I wonder what green liquid is before drilling, I like this method.

Good stuff. Thanks

Wow thanks for this video, awesome trick 👍

Magical! Great demo.

Excellent!

Thank you for this nice trick :)

Great video, thanks! I have wondered, does anyone know of reamers with a fatter angle? All I can think of are 60 degree countersinks. Anything in between? L

Wow! That was impressive

That is SOOO cool!

thanks! neat and informative

It is old method.Strongest. in Pakistan it is known as Ripit. Factory made Ripits avilable at Hardware Shops. Thanks.

That was amazing. Thank you.

This is perfect thank you

I’m way late to this video but I’ll add that the boys in my shop love “pounding the rod!”… Edit:-Nice work!!

This is good but what about using hand gloves to protect our fingers

Very well presented.

Great technique thanks!

This is great! thank you.

Nice. Thanks

This is great Thank You! 0:39 Any particular type and size of rod? Are these generally available at home depot?

GREAT VIDEO, HAVE YOU TRIED THIS WITH MILD STEEL?

Easy way to make an aluminum square.

nicely done