Thankfully, the Caley weren't strong on rivets so I've not needed to lash out on a proper riveting machine so far. However, the bottom of the firebox on a Class 782, under construction presently, needed a double offset row of rivets. Hardly the easiest thing to accomplish freehand. A proper tool could be borrowed but that would only have delayed things. The answer was at hand all along, and a jolly nice job it made, equal to that of more expensive tools :
And the nature of this highly accurate piece of kit? Nothing more than the High Level CSB jig :
The outline of the jig was drawn on paper, thin brass (from the K&S Shim Pack) was selotaped along the line of the oblong holes, the jig position over the outline, and the first row marked out using row A of the jig and the .5mm side of the jig. Turn the jig round to the whole mm side, position it slightly higher (if needed), and mark out using row B. All marked out with a scriber from the Aldi craft tool set that supposedly aren't meant to last. So,all in all, a really cheap but very effective solution.
Lindsay
Handy Riveting Jig!
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Re: Handy Riveting Jig!
Very creative thinking!
Cheers,
David
Cheers,
David
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Re: Handy Riveting Jig!
A use for the jig at last
Tim V
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