Jump to content

Recommended Posts

  • Members
Posted

At a popular Anaheim/Orlando theme park they sell custom engraved leather bracelets - and for an additional price you can have a  pewter decorative character rivet added.  They also sell the rivets separately and I grabbed a few to add to personalized gifts for my nieces.   But I'm stuck on how to set them.  They are solid posts like a copper rivet, but instead of the washer/burr they have this little eyelet.   Anybody out there run into these before and can help?  Is there a special tool for flattening - it is on the inside of a bracelet, so anything sticking out would be uncomfortabel?  My suspicion is that it sets like a copper rivet, but I'd like to make sure before I go out to Tandy and buy the copper rivet setting tool.  I'm also wondering if the standard cap rivet setter might work?  Thanks ~ Stewart

ps - the photo, from L to R,  is the eyelet front/back, a decorative rivet, and a decorative rivet with an eyelet placed how I suspect it should go.  On the bottom is a 5/16" brass tubular rivet and a line 20 snap post just as a size comparison. 

DlandRivets.jpg

  • Members
Posted

Never seen that before. I look forward to finding out who has the scoop on this. 

Posted

I'm just going to guess.....

Install the eyelet like normal, then peen the post into the walls like a rivet. 

Before setting the rivet, place something under the face of Mickey. Like a scrap piece of leather or some hard rubber, treating it like a jeweled rivet.

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...