Blacksmith Rivet Tool From Scrap High Carbon Steel

Forging rivet tools from scrap ball bearing, spring and railroad track steel. Never made or used this kind of blacksmith dome head rivets before, so these aren't very clean or precise. Actually I'm very surprised of how hard it is to make and set rivets, specially steel ones, so congrats to those that make and use them on a regular basis. It really is way more hard work than it looks!
The tools I forged are sized for 8mm round stock, you can see the one I made of steel is too short, I underestimated twice how much material is needed for the domes, it's quite a lot!
Brass one was sized better, but brass work hardens a lot and I was not able to set it all the way, it should be annealed to have it dome fully.
Finally the aluminum one was a joy to make, it's super soft and sets nicely. But I cut the round stock a bit too long! So, as I've said, harder than it looks.
Not sure if I'll ever make steel ones again. I'd need way more practice to make them look good.
Aluminum ones on the other hand are fun to set but it's not the best fastening material so they would be good only for esthetics.
Index of operation and materials:
0:03 Railroad track steel
0:13 Remove bearing cage
0:54 Angle iron piece to hold the ball bearing, hole deeply countersunk
1:20 Stick weld the bearing from underneath
1:40 Angle grinder to clean the weld
2:25 Cut the railroad track steel in two with metal cutting bandsaw (steel annealed off camera)
2:40 8mm hole drilled for the rivet spacer
3:20 Hole drilled for handle
3:44 Tapped to M8
4:00 Hot cut a section of spring steel
4:40 Upsetting one end to make it thicker
5:20 Smooth the rough forged steel with 2x72 belt grinder
5:30 Hardening with coke forge, heat to non magnetic and quench in water (I tested both steel before)
5:55 Steel hardened
6:06 Remove scales with bench grinder and steel wire wheel
6:20 Tempering with residual heat of forge
9:02 Brass rivet made the same way
9:28 Aluminum one as well!
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[@provisoriobackup4675]

I am a white beard from Brazil and I am an admirer of your good work. Congratulations.

[@jerryjohnsonii4181]

Very Cool Riveting tool !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@marcoshane79]

Never ceases to amaze me with the level of ingenuity and craftiness. Continua a inspirare il pubblico! 🤜💥🤛❤

[@Il_Bruno]

Ognitanto dovrá anche espirare se non vuole esplodere!

[@elfowl6873]

Excellent work, BBP!!

[@aaronslife4635]

If you heat the rivet up before you start striking the second head, it will make a better join as the metal will contract afterwards when it cools off. That will sandwich the pieces of metal together better. Great video though, keep them coming!

[@jandastroy]

Nice job with the tool the results are fantastic

[@dennisobrien3618]

When I upset the end of a piece, I try not to touch it to the anvil face until the hammer is hitting it (in order to prevent the anvil from drawing the heat out too rapidly). I can't tell if you were doing that, but the theory behind it seems to have merit. Always enjoy your work! Ciao.

[@greyhoundTex]

This is one of the videos where you are in complete confusion for the first 7 or 8 minutes. Hahaha.

[@rd-ch1on]

Not if you already watch Gary Huston or Torbjorn Ahman

[@greyhoundTex]

@@rd-ch1on I mean, I knew what it was going to be, it's just that if you don't, it is pure confusion because there is no commentary.

[@kmba-9197]

Wish i had a skill like that why buy a tool you can make i would have probably saved allot of money if i thought of that growing up im way more interested in making my own things now i wish i would have thought about learning those skills to do things like this when i was younger it looks extremely satisfying to be able to build your own things.

[@TrojanHorse1959]

Great video, what a riveting performance!

[@icerazar713]

The guy has more skill and imagination than I'll ever have. Nice work.

[@SashaTheOneAndOnly]

This guy is downright lit😎

[@Nitro-er8ul]

Sasha DoWnRiGhT lIT

[@MysterSmythe]

Those rivets look so nice, great work dude

[@richardvillegas3799]

Not to mention the exceptional forging skills, but ALL AROUND Impressive craftsmanship 💥👍🏽👏🏽💯

[@christophnohtse4401]

Nice work! To make the work easier, i recommend to weld a piece of square tube or 2 pieces of angle iron beneath your bottom tools, acting as a hollow hardy shank. That prevents the bottom tools from wandering aroung on the anvil face and leaves space to push the rivet out. Stück davon Christoph

[@guyemmott4009]

Nice work..

[@tomswindler64]

You are a master.i do not know what at because you seem to have done it all.as always,great job 😎😎😎👍👍👍

[@ragnarrascal7868]

I don't know what a rivet is what it's used for? But i watch so peaceful

[@cliffchambliss]

Love your hammer

[@DeeDOYonTheTube]

Another job well done!

[@rickpalechuk4411]

You should incorporate the the rivet set for use in the hardy hole so it doesn't move around on you. Cheers

[@oneshotme]

Enjoyed your video so gave it a Thumbs Up

[@mondrota]

Nice, maybe make it as an attachment for an air hammer?

[@mikl911]

Very cool!! Wouldn't it be easier if you heated up the rivet?

[@FredMcIntyre]

Awesome work! 😃👍🏻👊🏻

[@OGURA-MOGURA]

Ты сделал клёпку! Вот это достижение!

[@user-oo6cf2ly8i]

А ты, дружище, можешь так?

[@OGURA-MOGURA]

Конечно могу, поэтому и говорю. А ты можешь так?

[@user-oo6cf2ly8i]

@@OGURA-MOGURA к сожалению не могу, по этому так и написал))

[@lovejcdc]

That was a great video and great work. Now if you could figure out a way to hold your work pieces in place while you're tapping it that would be even better. Awesome stuff though.

[@Aleeknives]

I had never seen a bearing taken apart like that! One of those ah hah moments😜

[@hughlink7341]

Thank you very much for your video will help when making one

[@robertgrell486]

Really looking good Yours work 👍I like it 😉

[@loufaiella3354]

nice job!

[@MrTheuniquevoice]

Congratulations, you do great things, you are a teacher. I follow you from Mexico City, and I want to ask you how I could remove the smell from a leather backpack that smells unpleasant due to the process of tanning the skin. I would love to have your skill.

[@B.McAllister]

Absolutely riveting.

[@robertbracke4417]

As a toolmaker, some parts really make my hair stand on end... For the layman, it probably looks very good, but as a professional, it's just bad in parts. For example, at 3:43 you use a ready-made tap for the thread instead of the whole set, which consists of 3 steps, or a machine tap. You're lucky it didn't break off.

[@intactsaphir5191]

Vraiment beau votre création👍 Bravo 😉 Houra!!!

[@SteveC38]

Very Cool Bud!

[@muhammadrafayrizwan2691]

I would like to know how long it actually took 😂😂😀 PS I LOVE YOUR WORK MAN 😍😍

[@madcapmagician6018]

pretty cool idea 😁👍 though i was thinking it might be easier if you could make the hammer for die side for an air hammer, might go quicker for joining pieces together. 😁👍 just my opinion though😄 love the vids brother😁👍

[@stevenjennings8347]

Awesome informational educational video experience Y'alls God Bless Ya

[@thegeorge1756]

Excellent work! Ahora sé como hacer remaches forjados 👍

[@richardpalmer6196]

Ingenious ! 👍

[@MMitchellMarmel]

When a problem comes along, you must rivet!

[@JuanAntio-Oz]

Muy buen trabajo hermano 😉👌🇲🇽

[@majoraxehole]

Your next big project should be finding and restoring a power hammer!

[@couldbejokim4557]

Amazing work,, Funny enough I made one of those two days ago!!

[@rd-ch1on]

Nice. You must watch Gary Huston and Torbjorn Ahman

[@tyleranderson8751]

Time to find the right size bearing!

[@ronthacker211]

Great idea. I'm going to steal it> LOL

[@waltertistaert1061]

Can You Imagine what it was riveting the Eifel Tower or skeleton from New York buildings en this on incredibull heights …..

[@horstszibulski19]

Came to my mind also...they used a truckload of rivets every day I guess...and for reasons there were working crews of four... 8-O

[@DanKoning777]

Wow KZbin; *you gave me a whole **1:52** sec before the 1st commercial! Gee thanks!* Lets not forget the commercial I had to watch at the beginning, *and the 2* that ran after this one. *KZbin you're destroying a ONCE great platform b/c of GREED.*

[@UKMusicCharts-UK]

Download Adblock my friend!

[@DanKoning777]

@@UKMusicCharts-UK // Nope; adblockers are data collectors just like tik toc etc. Be wise.

[@opfipip3711]

@@DanKoning777 use uBlock origin. Its Open Source and doesn't collect any data.

[@DanKoning777]

@@opfipip3711 // That's what we are told regarding tik toc a while back as well. I don't believe things just b/c ppl say it's true; at least not when it concerns tech.

[@SzonSer]

I only had an ad at the end

[@bobjoncas2814]

...good one,nice job, keep safe..

[@Reijack]

Aren't you supposed to heat up rivets before you drive them?

[@matthewsands4206]

This video was... wait for it... riveting!

[@RadaROnlyOne]

If such rivets were used on the Titanic, it would not sink. LOL

[@rd-ch1on]

It was sunk intentionally using explosives

[@АндрейВинничук-в3у]

Great rivet!

[@MuhammadDaudkhanTV100]

Sweetheart and very nice video

[@gutsngorrrr]

It would be interesting to see if the tool part could be made to work in a air hammer, because if that worked it would make the riveting process quicker and easier.

[@mrkiky]

judging by how it flies around when you strike it with a regular hammer, I would be afraid it would accidentally hit your rivet with the edge of the tool and mess it up.

[@shadowscribe]

Homemade rivets. In the loosest sense you're stapling metal together without forging. This is one of those videos where on it's own you think "okay?" but sooner or later it's going to come back in later projects.

[@hacerdemirel9833]

I could not understand what is it?

[@ArktinenPeikko]

this is extra riveting!

[@bohdangt6664]

and what is it for?

[@AsitShouldBe]

nice job, but I prefer hot reveter

[@ezequielsilva2709]

Então era isso, legal 👍👏

[@BrooksOSteen]

Machine a SDS head so you can put it on a hammer drill then you got a really power riverter!!!!

[@horstszibulski19]

Or a insert for a air hammer... :-D

[@Scrapy-ih7ob]

Get Minus 3 from AM instructor for Smile Faces... 1 Rivet Buck, But other wise Nice work , Just kidding on tool Mark going to happen... Nice Tool

[@r3ngokuking]

Something that drops into the hardy hole would be more efficient. Wouldn't have to chase it all over the anvil. Also....did he just water quench 5160?

[@jannikramiro795]

Nice

[@alforgesfloripa]

Achei legal. Mas seria melhor e a matriz de baixo ficasse fixa talvez. Talvez fixá-la na bigorna.

[@tructieptinvui1248]

very good friend, let's do well together, see you guys again

[@r....252]

আপনার ভিডিও আমার আনেক ভালো লাগে

[@oleksandrhrytsaiwoodcarvin1051]

*If I agreed with you we'd both be wrong.*

[@t.i.3996]

結局、これ何作ったんですか？💦 What is this tool?

[@massimilianoperego5506]

Per scaldare le estremità non ti piacerebbe pensare alll’induzione?

[@andybaker2443]

So cool

[@kolomenski79]

сверло идеально заправлено.

[@rabenwald1]

If someone already mentioned it, sorry for the repeat. You need 1.5 x the diameter for a rivet head. So for 8mm stock, 12mm is the proper amount for a head. This is kinda universal. So for say 6mm stock, 9mm would be enough for the head. Hope this helps!

[@benboldt1]

Very steampunk style

[@РАФА-щ2я]

Классно 👍🙂👏

[@genahj7227]

Просто заклёпка 😁👍

[@АлександрБлинков-у7с]

Ничего не понял,склепал какую-то муйню

[@johnnywalker7475]

Next project: world peace. Done. Lol

[@user-oo6cf2ly8i]

Ах, вот как был построен Титаник...

[@WallHaxxx]

Nice job, but I have to ask, why? Welding, forge welding, or even bolts are probably a better option for joining things, so the only reason left is aesthetics, but You could easily just fake it if all you wanted was the look. You could drill a hole, stick a half sphere on it (I guess you could make those?) and then weld it from the other side. I can't think of any reason to have a real rivet on both sides of something other than historical accuracy or masochism. Why punish yourself?

[@opfipip3711]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivet#Applications TLDR: If you can't/won't weld the material (deformation, ascetics, or simply unsuited materials), rivets are superior to bolts for permanent connections. Their main problem are high costs in automatic fabrication, which is not relevant in this case.

[@WorldRestoration]

Very good video. We are also producing such videos. Looking forward to the support from you

[@hemanath4963]

How many of u were like me? WTF!! the video is nice🔥,but what is going on?!😪😂 Drop ur like😂 👇👇

[@WAdiS21]

“click!” nice

[@ОлегОлег-я7н5д]

Нафиг такие сложности в изготовлении? На кадр..? Можно же проще.

[@ДмитрийЛепкасов]

Ну, чуваку нужно было выложить видос. Он этим зарабатывает. Доктор Дью оценит!😂

[@LiEnDoc]

А м'сье знает толк в извращениях...

[@samwaskito6205]

You worked like what made by Torbjon Ahmad, but you used other way...

Top👍

[@GlavnyiyMehanik]

Классно, а я себе купил сварку и варю все ей.

[@DrBF3000]

Заклёпки лучше держат некоторые виды нагрузок.

[@madandrade]

Muito bom.

[@LarryGarfieldCrell]

This whole build was riveting...

[@JD-te9tj]

WHATTUP BEARDED WONDER?

[@tropifiori]

Le ha bisogno di un altra metode per re scaldare il fero.

[@МихаилЛюбишкин-б5х]

Много труда-мало результата

[@МихаилГодованчук]

Пошёл в строймаг и купил заклепки...

[@shaunshepherd6227]

Better to start forming the rivet with a ball pein hammer and finish forming with the dolly!

[@molotoboec70]

А если сделать такую насадку на перфоратор то будет в разы быстрее заклёпки делать

[@ВладимирКомаровских-д5п]

Вопрос, а зачем?

[@molotoboec70]

@@ВладимирКомаровских-д5п а ты по размысли мозгами и не задавай глупых вопросов

[@ВладимирКомаровских-д5п]

@@molotoboec70 я понимаю зачем. Можно будет заклепать быстрее. Просто какой смысл в этом действии. Просто бесполезная хрень. Есть сварка болты да на худой конец заводские заклёпки и заклеаочники. А это, называется когда коту нех делать он яица лижет.

[@josealanreissantana8973]

Incrível