riveting tools

[Rick Ferrucci]

Does anyone know where I can find a "Bucking iron" , and a "rove set" for copper boat nails and roves? I know Jamestown fasteners sells the fasteners but not the fastening tools.
Are these tools usually made by the boatbuilder, or can they be purchased off the shelf?
If I have to make my own,what characteristics should I make sure they have?
I truly appreciate your response, thanks.

[Rick Ferrucci]

Does anyone know where I can find a "Bucking iron" , and a "rove set" for copper boat nails and roves? I know Jamestown fasteners sells the fasteners but not the fastening tools.
Are these tools usually made by the boatbuilder, or can they be purchased off the shelf?
If I have to make my own,what characteristics should I make sure they have?
I truly appreciate your response, thanks.

[Rick Ferrucci]

Does anyone know where I can find a "Bucking iron" , and a "rove set" for copper boat nails and roves? I know Jamestown fasteners sells the fasteners but not the fastening tools.
Are these tools usually made by the boatbuilder, or can they be purchased off the shelf?
If I have to make my own,what characteristics should I make sure they have?
I truly appreciate your response, thanks.

[rob]

Faering Design in Middlebury VT used to sel the tools. Alot of us just make them. In the bucking iron you want enough mass to adequately back the blows but not so much that you exhaust your wrists. I know that'ss vague, but it largely depend s on the size fastener your working with. It should have a slightly convex surface so that you can set the head of the nail withoug marring the surrounding wood, and/or anippleed point so you can concentrate all the mass on the nail head. The nipple is great and very effective, but if you slip off the head, it makes a mess of the surounding plank.
Roving irons are often just the bucking iron with a hole driulled in it. I will frequently use a piece of hardwood in a pinch, but there are some nice comercial irons also. Hope this helps

[rob]

Faering Design in Middlebury VT used to sel the tools. Alot of us just make them. In the bucking iron you want enough mass to adequately back the blows but not so much that you exhaust your wrists. I know that'ss vague, but it largely depend s on the size fastener your working with. It should have a slightly convex surface so that you can set the head of the nail withoug marring the surrounding wood, and/or anippleed point so you can concentrate all the mass on the nail head. The nipple is great and very effective, but if you slip off the head, it makes a mess of the surounding plank.
Roving irons are often just the bucking iron with a hole driulled in it. I will frequently use a piece of hardwood in a pinch, but there are some nice comercial irons also. Hope this helps

[rob]

Faering Design in Middlebury VT used to sel the tools. Alot of us just make them. In the bucking iron you want enough mass to adequately back the blows but not so much that you exhaust your wrists. I know that'ss vague, but it largely depend s on the size fastener your working with. It should have a slightly convex surface so that you can set the head of the nail withoug marring the surrounding wood, and/or anippleed point so you can concentrate all the mass on the nail head. The nipple is great and very effective, but if you slip off the head, it makes a mess of the surounding plank.
Roving irons are often just the bucking iron with a hole driulled in it. I will frequently use a piece of hardwood in a pinch, but there are some nice comercial irons also. Hope this helps

[capt jake]

Doesn't Wooden Boat sell these? I thought I saw them in their catalogue.
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[capt jake]

Doesn't Wooden Boat sell these? I thought I saw them in their catalogue.
Jake http://media5.hypernet.com/~dick/ubb/smile.gif

[capt jake]

Doesn't Wooden Boat sell these? I thought I saw them in their catalogue.
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[nedL]

It may not be the 'proper' way to do it, but I used to just use a small length of brass tube or pipe to set the roves, and used a window sash weight to which I had ground the end to fit the nail head for bucking. (& sash wieghts come in different weights with the weight number cast right into them to eliminate the guess work.)

[nedL]

It may not be the 'proper' way to do it, but I used to just use a small length of brass tube or pipe to set the roves, and used a window sash weight to which I had ground the end to fit the nail head for bucking. (& sash wieghts come in different weights with the weight number cast right into them to eliminate the guess work.)

[nedL]

It may not be the 'proper' way to do it, but I used to just use a small length of brass tube or pipe to set the roves, and used a window sash weight to which I had ground the end to fit the nail head for bucking. (& sash wieghts come in different weights with the weight number cast right into them to eliminate the guess work.)

[landlocked sailor]

Walt Simmonds sells 'em. www.duck-trap.com (http://www.duck-trap.com) . Rick

[landlocked sailor]

Walt Simmonds sells 'em. www.duck-trap.com (http://www.duck-trap.com) . Rick

[landlocked sailor]

Walt Simmonds sells 'em. www.duck-trap.com (http://www.duck-trap.com) . Rick