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Thanks guys. As far as I can tell, the posts do only come up above the fabric about 1/16th of an inch. Is the post supposed to sort of mushroom out inside the cap? Because that definitely doesn't seem like it's happening.

Hello I am struggling with some jiffy rivets on handbags. I've been hitting the rivets with the concave metal die but they all end up dented and they pull apart very easily. The post ends also end up poking through the cap part. Am I doing something wrong? Shouldn't it be flattening? Am I not hitting it hard enough? I'm at my wits end with these! On a related note, is a rivet press really the only option for a professional looking rivet? I'm tossing around the idea of getting one but they sure are expensive. I would need a separate die for each rivet/snap, correct? If I were to purchase an old press (like early 1900s) from Ebay, would modern dies work on those machines? Thanks in advance! P.