One man rivet gang - 3/4" hot rivets with the 50 ton press

[persebra]

and people used to do that by hand?!?! wow!

[climax522]

Nice bull riveter. Why have all your driven heads failed to close on the angle section? Rivets a bit too short?

[blaxmith64]

Hey Climax; I'm using a low gpm power unit from a hydraulic ironworker so I think it's a little slow and the rivet cools too quickly. What I need is an upgrade to a 15 to 20 HP pump from the current 10HP I have. You always want more power and speed but there's no free lunch in hydraulics. It does get that ring on 5/8" real easy.

[climax522]

@blaxmith64....Hi blaxmith64. Speed is always of the essence. Gettin em up hot... I like to see a bit of flash all round the periphery of the driven head. It shows the rivet was long enough to completely fill the hole and form a full head. Of course that also means extra work chipping the flash afterwards. Nothing looks worse than a rivet that was a bit short and the snap has made heavy contact with the plate. It's no fun chopping em out when you get it wrong. Thanx for posting.

[madaboutbrens]

hi where abouts are you ? i need to do a load of 3/8 rivets for my carrier ?

[blaxmith64]

@madaboutbrens

Seattle

[BTUvsCAL]

would be easier if you stick from the top

[blaxmith64]

Point taken, BTU.

Driving from the bottom presents it's own challenges, however.

If you leave the press upright as it is with the top die resting on the work, the entire press will move when you hit the trigger. Not good for accuracy. The answer to that is to flip the press upside-down so that the ram moves up from underneath except the press isn't built to be hung that way. The easiest thing to do is to load it from the side as the press does swing 90 degress.

[powaybob]

999,999 to go and you'll have that bridge done!

[crazybob2525]

Way too cool!

[procuts69]

id say thats a permanant fit

[Zooropa007]

i'm be with techicusjoe :) beautiful!

[TechnicusJoe]

Thats awesome!