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Old 06-26-2010, 09:45 AM   #3
rotorwrench
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Default Re: Bucking frame rivets

They will have to be heavy enough to take whatever hammer blows you dish out. The old Restorer series of books has some good ideas. They would make them out of heavy say 1" steel plate and fabricate them to set on the ground so you can hammer into a dead man. They would extend high enough off the ground to reach any given corner or tough spot on the frame. With running board bracket rivets, they have to clear the brackets to the ground so those would have to be fairly tall. With the help of a friend to hold things, you can flip the frame over & do the other side. You can shape them to fit the heads of the rivet or to form the buck tail you desire. I only have a 5X rivet hammer so I have to keep heating the 5/16" rivets with the oxy/acetylene torch every so often to get them to shape.
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