Easy Rivet's??

[aircav]

There's a big rivet dicussion in here too:

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=13827.15


Keith

[Sheerluck Holmes]

I have a hole punch for making small holes in belts etc. It has a rotary head for making different size holes. By using it on cardboard or plastic I get very tiny discs that make great door nobs or even rivets.

 I don't know if the gizzmo I have is still around (I think mine dates back to the 50's or even earlier) but it is perfact for the job.

 

[mondria]

I have used Tulip 3d paint with success used it on my Monowheel
http://poky609.fotopic.net/c1656652.html

[rob_alderman]

What about those nail 'stud' things some silly girls like.

Tobsen uses those and they look PERFECT. Plus, they are sticky, so stick themselves (I think/assume)! 

[gamer Mac]

I have a hole punch for making small holes in belts etc. It has a rotary head for making different size holes. By using it on cardboard or plastic I get very tiny discs that make great door nobs or even rivets.

 I don't know if the gizzmo I have is still around (I think mine dates back to the 50's or even earlier) but it is perfact for the job.

 

I bought one of these the other week. Not working as well as I thought it would. Maybe a cheap version.

[Sheerluck Holmes]

mine dates back to WW2... when they made things to last.

What problems are you having?

 I do have to use a pin or similar to remove the disks out of the hole punch.

[CompanyB]

Archer transfers makes 1/48 scale rivets in decal form.  It's small dabs of resin on a waterside decal sheet.

[Antenociti]

yeah Jed does some very nice stuff i do have a lot of it about.  But its the thought of cutting up 200+ rivets thats making me think of different ways to do it

time v money old chap...

cutting off the plastic rivets becomes second nature, as does handling them too, so it goes very quickly once you get used to it.
having said that - the archer rivets have a lot going for them, rivets sheets with pre-stamped rivets are OK but you end up with the strip of 9albeit very) thin plastic as a band upon which they sit.

So i'd say, in all honesty, it depends on 2 things:
1) available dosh
2) exact nature of the job at hand

the second part is really dictated by the eveness of the job, regularity and psacing of the "rivet" and the type and size of rivet. Smooth, even surfaces, small regular low-detail riveting - archers.

uneven, awkward, irregular surfaces, with irregularly placed rivets - then go with the plastic rivets.

If money is tight - go with homemade using some varience on the "small dollops of glue" method - this can be, with practice, very effective and very fast, but as with all such things practice makes perfect, so expect errors along the way of the learning curve... but that applies to using any of the rivet system to be fair.

[Tobsen77]

Sorry for bringing up this old thread

What about those nail 'stud' things some silly girls like.

Tobsen uses those and they look PERFECT. Plus, they are sticky, so stick themselves (I think/assume)! 

They don't stick, you have to glue them. I haven't made a complete model with these, just ran some tests but it looks very nice (and colorful) 

yeah Jed does some very nice stuff i do have a lot of it about.  But its the thought of cutting up 200+ rivets thats making me think of different ways to do it

You can slice 6 or 7 seven rods a time with an Exacto 

Cheers,
Tobi