Stew Denton
03-08-2021, 8:52 PM
Hi All,
I am at it again, working on some of my old planes. One of them needs to have the horizontal adjuster arm riveted back onto the frog.
On that auction site there are rods that I can file into the right diameter. There are ones of brass, copper, and aluminum. My experience is that a steel rod or steel wire is usually too hard to rivet very easily.
I obtained an old brazing rod a few years ago, and filed it to fit, but it was hard enough that it was very difficult to rivet. Also, riveting on the thin cast iron of the frog makes me pretty nervous about using hard metal for a rivet.
Thus, it is a balance of if the rivet is tough enough for the adjuster to pivot on versus ease of riveting.
Thoughts?
Thanks and regards,
Stew
I am at it again, working on some of my old planes. One of them needs to have the horizontal adjuster arm riveted back onto the frog.
On that auction site there are rods that I can file into the right diameter. There are ones of brass, copper, and aluminum. My experience is that a steel rod or steel wire is usually too hard to rivet very easily.
I obtained an old brazing rod a few years ago, and filed it to fit, but it was hard enough that it was very difficult to rivet. Also, riveting on the thin cast iron of the frog makes me pretty nervous about using hard metal for a rivet.
Thus, it is a balance of if the rivet is tough enough for the adjuster to pivot on versus ease of riveting.
Thoughts?
Thanks and regards,
Stew