mrdabeetle Report post Posted November 14, 2011 How do you set a "blind" rivet? By blind, I am talking about a rivet that needs to go into a hard to reach place such as the inside of a small pouch. The pouch that I am specifically speaking of is approx. 4" x 6" x 2" (inner dimensions). It is intended to be held together only by rivets. It is made of 6oz. tooling leather, so crushing it to get the rivets in is out of the question. I used to make these about 8 years ago, but I had a solid steel block that was 4" x 4" x 1.5" that I used as an anvil to set rivets. I no longer have this block, so I'm a bit stumped. There's not really a good order to set the rivets in. I tried setting them from the bottom and moving toward the lid, but I have to make it so the bottom rivets don't seat completely, so I can twist the gusset around to set the rest. This leaves the potential for those rivets to pop out. Is there a special tool or something that can be used, or should I have a new block (anvil) made? It is constructed similar to this one (found online), but less crappy utilitarian looking. I hate to change the design/materials to compensate. Does anyone have any ideas? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luke Hatley Report post Posted November 14, 2011 Start at the bottom and work your way to the top one side at a time....... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
electrathon Report post Posted November 14, 2011 Cut a block of wood about that size, lay a piece of steel on the wood, set the rivits. Aaron Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mlapaglia Report post Posted November 15, 2011 (edited) +1 on that. Page 78 of "Al Stolhman's book Leathercraft tools, How to use them, how to sharpen them" has it in detail. Its a great book to get. Edited November 15, 2011 by mlapaglia Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
