Re: [a/s] Rivets

[Susi and John Burchard <saluqi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Dremel tool is a multipurpose handheld motor tool (used to be called a
Moto-tool as I remember) which takes all sorts of bits for grinding, polishing,
cutting etc.  Smaller, less powerful but more versatile than a drill.

The original message referred to the Olympic rivets which secure the outer skin,
etc., of Airstreams.  They are a sort of pop rivet but work on a different
principle and have a rounded head which requires some sort of finishing after
you have "popped" the rivet part.  There is a special tool for this purpose, and
someone had mentioned using a Dremel tool instead.  Hence my query, does it do a
professional-looking job?

In the interior you may be using ordinary pop rivets and for those no
head-polishing is necessary.  You may want to paint them so they resemble the
original, which I think were pre-painted rivets in brown or white depending on
what they were inserted into.  You will need a hand-operated rivet gun to set
those.

I have no personal experience setting or finishing Olympic rivets, so I am not
the right person to ask.

John

Susi and John Burchard
Tepe Gawra Salukis
saluqi@ix.netcom.com