loveless type rivets

[Kim McHenry]

I've tried this style of rivets twice and I always end up with a small gap on one side between the screw and brass nuts, is this caused from hacksawing off the screw head and causing a gap in the brass or is this just a common thing with this style of rivet.

Thanks
Kim
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hopefully this will let beginners like me know what I'm talking about!

[This message has been edited by Kim McHenry (edited 01 April 1999).]

 

[BCK]

Kim: I get this as well. I think that it is due to the thread. It is very slight & I dont worry about it too much. Put epoxy on the thread when screwing together to try & hide it a little. I like Corby bolts, but find that the shaft is not long enough for some of the thicker handles....

 

[Chuck Gedraitis Knives]

Kim,
You can either not cut the screw head off so close to the brass "nut" and when you sand this should make the two flush. Or you can drill out the threaded part about an 1/8 inch and fill the holes in with colored epoxy, usually black. It makes sure that the bolts will never come udone and it also looks good. Just make sure that you tape around the head of the screw so you only get epoxy in the holes and not on the handle.

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[mayor]

It's a common complaint. It's caused by the manufactured clearance between the male and female screw threads. If there was zero clearance you couldn't screw them up because of gauling. The clearance on the loose side of the threads and in the tips causes the gap.

You can try and stop just short of the final grinding and peen the nut and threads to close it up a bit, then carefully regrind to finish. However, its risky since the peening force is transmitted to the countersumk bottoms of the handles and can collapse or deform the handle fit.

A better solution is the Corby bolts, but they are tricky to fit so they cinch up tight without bottoming out in the threads first.


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