Members Big Sioux Saddlery Posted January 19, 2017 Members Report Posted January 19, 2017 2 hours ago, paramedic192 said: BRASS RIVET & BURRS SETTING VERY HARD Good morning, I have used copper rivet and burrs without difficulty in the past, but the copper didn't look right with the brass hardware on my current project so I picked up a pack of #12 brass. Has anyone else used the brass and found it extremely difficult to set the burr? I found myself having to pound quite hard and bending the rivet both on the bottom and top. I even tried lubricating the rivet with a little neatstoot oil without any improvement. Has anyone else had this difficulty and if so, any recommended solutions? For this project I just switched to a standard brass quick rivet because the rivets are purely decorative. Thanks, Kyle You are not alone, Kyle. I hate brass rivets! I can do about as good a job with copper as anyone, but brass. . . I have the same issues you do. To make matters worse, the ones I've used have a round head. I just try to avoid them if at all possible, Quote
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