Rivet Gun

[badLoveLeather]

Are you guys using a rivet gun to secure the leather to the bottom of the seat pan?

Do you need to drillholes first? Does the gun do that?

[ChaChi]

You'll have to drill the holes seperately if you intend to use rivets. I've seen it done quite a bit but I usually don't do it. I just glue the bottom piece of leather to the pan if it's a seat that hinges on the front and exposes the bottom when its flipped forward. If it's a regular style seat and the bottom will never show, I just wrap the side pieces around to the bottom and rivet away.

[David]

I use a rivet gun, I do about 60-70 seats per year with 24 rivets per seat. A gun is well worth the money. If you are wet molding you wrap the sides and drill the leather and pan then drive the rivet. If you are dry lacing (that's what I do) I rivet the seat back to the underside of the pan through the pre drilled holes. I never use glue on my seats. I don't need it. I dont think Beeza uses glue either but I'm not sure about that.

Wanna chime in here Beeze?

Dave Theobald

http://theobaldleather.com

[Gremlin]

An air powered rivet gun is an investment you won't regret if you are doing seats. Sometimes it seems there are not enough hands when attempting to rivet with one of those squeeze type riveters.

There is some debate on what type of rivets to use tho. I personally prefer to use wide flange rivets on seats. You might want to do some checking into these rivets for yourself.