Quick Question: Busse rivet hole size?

Wreckless

Wreckless

Joined
Mar 28, 2014
Messages
236
It looks like it may be around 1/4 but I'm not sure.

I searched but couldn't find anything, maybe I'm wording it wrong.

Thanks for the help,

Rex
 
It looks like it may be around 1/4 but I'm not sure.

I searched but couldn't find anything, maybe I'm wording it wrong.

Thanks for the help,

Rex
 
Last few I drilled out I used a 1/4" bit in my drill press. Be very careful as the bit will want to seize in the softer material, lots of oil as you are drilling is highly suggested.

fyi, to avoid the spinning blade of death, please use a vise to hold that thing. The horrific injury a member sustained a while back scared me straight. :eek:
 
leatherman said:
Last few I drilled out I used a 1/4" bit in my drill press. Be very careful as the bit will want to seize in the softer material, lots of oil as you are drilling is highly suggested.

fyi, to avoid the spinning blade of death, please use a vise to hold that thing. The horrific injury a member sustained a while back scared me straight. :eek:
Click to expand...

+1 this...

The seeming innocuous nature of the drill press has lulled many a craftsman into a false sense of security only to rear up and bite them in the face.
 
He had X amout of stiches. Plus a drain tube insterted in his palm. It might have been 50 or so of them inside and out. I know it was a bunch.
 
Mr Freeman, the rivet is actually referred to as a

Tube fastener:thumbup:

best regards and welcome:cool:
 
I've drilled quite a few and even though I had them secured, I drill from the left side just in case it spins, the spine side would be leading edge in the spin. Go slow and watch to make sure the fastener isn't spinning in place, as the friction can burn the handle material.

Also knife hunter is correct about them being called tube fasteners, but if ordering replacement tubing it's sold as thong tube. Hope this helps.
 
Suggestion:

When you are drilling softer materials brass, copper, aluminum even ivory.

Start with a new drill bit and first go to the grinder and carefully grind a very slight "flat" to replace the "knife" cutting edges at the tip of the drill bit.

That way your drill bit gently "shaves" the material and it is FAR less likely to ever bite in and grab the material and send it spinning.

You should use a drill bit sharpened that way fro drilling Micarta type materials also.

TRY IT & send me 50 Cents when you don't loose your fingers. :D
 
Thanks for all the advice guys, so the tube fasteners are 1/4 OD?

I may wrap the whole thing up and put it in a vice under a drill press.

How's that sound?
 
1/4" OD yes.
Yesterday I drilled out my CBFBM, just put it in a vise and was done in 10 min. I plan to get rivet screws to replace the tube fasteners.
 
Last edited:
leatherman said:
fyi, to avoid the spinning blade of death, please use a vise to hold that thing. The horrific injury a member sustained a while back scared me straight. :eek:
Click to expand...

This reminds me of an incident where I used to work. The tool room supervisor was working on a project and asked our tool designer to hold a piece of expanded metal while he attempted to cut a hole in it with a 6" hole saw in the drill press. When the hole saw caught the expanded metal, it spun it violently catching the designers finger against a steel back stop. In addition to the cut that required stitches, it broke the bone length wise. The tool designer said he knew better than holding it. He was a tool and die maker for 20+ years before he started designing dies.
 
So what are you going to be doing ?
 
beamernc said:
This reminds me of an incident where I used to work. The tool room supervisor was working on a project and asked our tool designer to hold a piece of expanded metal while he attempted to cut a hole in it with a 6" hole saw in the drill press. When the hole saw caught the expanded metal, it spun it violently catching the designers finger against a steel back stop. In addition to the cut that required stitches, it broke the bone length wise. The tool designer said he knew better than holding it. He was a tool and die maker for 20+ years before he started designing dies.
Click to expand...
Yeeeeowch! I'm sure every machine shop has similar stories "I can get it done quicker if I dont......" :p

A good friend of mine got his hand pretty much mangled in a pipe bender, out of work for months.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top