We’re at the point in the practice project where we need to do some back riveting, which is, as one might assume, riveting from the back of the work piece instead of the front.
I had initially bought my back rivet set from Aircraft Tool Supply, where I has bought most of my other tools. What I quickly discovered is that their river set had a small flat set surrounded by a fairly thick sleeve.
At first I didn’t think much of it, but when I went to use it I discovered that it couldn’t fit in the small space between the edge of an angle bar and the rivet hole. The rivet set didn’t even touch the rivet!
So off to the Internet I went looking for a “skinny” back rivet set. Since most didn’t have dimensions provided, I’ve had to eyeball any photos provided. I chose the set by Aircraft Spruce, for $34.95.
I lucked out! The walls of the sleeve on the Spruce one are thinner, and the flat set is wider. Next step…back riveting!
