Cleaning up rough copper/ brass rivet heads?

[Cleaning up rough copper/ brass rivet heads?]

Thinking back to my gunsmith days, I think I really need to get a low speed polisher/ grinder. I could always keep my hammer faces polished up and edgers polished sharp

[Cleaning up rough copper/ brass rivet heads?]

So far my best result has been to glue a piece of 600 grit paper to some rubber and then chuck each rivet up in an electric drill and press it gently onto the paper/rubber while running. I guess a drill press would be more consistant, and easier to keep flat, but it would be really slow to do a big box of rivets.  Guess I may have no choice but to dedicate a whole day to it

[Cleaning up rough copper/ brass rivet heads?]

I got a bunch of solid copper and brass rivets and mechanically they work fine. My problem is that 99% of them have heads that look like crud. Everything Ive found had rough marks.  Ive tried stoning and drawfiling to get smoother, but thats horribly time consuming to do one at a time. I tried a cratex abrasive bit on a dremel but it was impossible to get it to stay on the head as it rotated. also tried peening smooth with a polished hammer face, but results were only marginally better. I dont have a motorized arbor with polishing wheel so I havent tried that yet.

Anyone have a decent simple routine to clean up these things?  I hate making a nice finished piece of leather goods with rivets that look like they were dragged down the driveway

 

Help?

 

 

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