tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436333953472850459.post6290075846725203619..comments2024-03-21T10:28:48.521+01:00Comments on Pink Pony Design: A beginners guide to double cap rivets & wristlet strapsMaria - Pink Pony Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00894712212901385681noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436333953472850459.post-20209808266935425692021-01-28T20:16:33.142+01:002021-01-28T20:16:33.142+01:00first off i am a 76 years old man. i have 2 projec...first off i am a 76 years old man. i have 2 projects i need taken care of. per normal if i want IT done it's mine to get done. that's kuel. anyhoo, you have the knack of telling it simple. most things we do aren't rocket science. however, most things we want done need fineness. talent is involved to. if i make a mistake there is no blaming someone else. YOUR explanations of the primary being the length of the post. that is going to tell me a lot. then i found what i believe to be a (standard)chart which the caps are the first size. it looks to me like that is established by the length of the post? peck, peck, peck. NOT BANG, BANG, WHAM to set your rivets. thanx a heap. i've read dozens, and watched dozens of videos. YOURS is the easiest, the simplest, to the points of riveting. seems like whether one is using 1/8" leather or less that 1/16" whatever. whether one is making a cute little over the shoulder thing or a pouch for several of ones prized carving chisels. it seems to me it all basically the same basic things? THANK YOU, Maria, geneAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14641464750259713461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436333953472850459.post-57621115070840759032017-11-28T12:19:52.605+01:002017-11-28T12:19:52.605+01:00Hi Meg, unfortunately you're a no-reply commen...Hi Meg, unfortunately you're a no-reply comment blogger so I couldn't reply to you in an email to make sure you got it, so I'll try here hoping you'll pop by again =)<br /><br />I'm afraid I'm out travelling atm and I don't have my rivet setter with me, howwever, it looks like this one, a slightly bowled surface: https://img1.etsystatic.com/016/0/5822704/il_340x270.411675967_dbwb.jpg <br />Try placing your rivet in it, if the rivet is very dome shaped and sticks out a lot, that might be the problem.<br /><br />But iff you get dimpled ones I'm thinking you might be using a bit too much force when you set them, damaging the top of the rivet. It doesn't require a lot of force to set them really, if you're unsure how much is needed, take some scrap fabric, a suitably sized rivet and press it together, use your fingers only and you'll see it requires quite a lot of force to separate them even at that step usually (it's a little different depending on rivet quality). <br /><br />Then take new rivets (the one ones torn apart will be damaged), set them with the tools but using quite a bit less force than you usually use and see if the top stays nice, then try to separate them and see if they stay together even when pulling really hard. If they do, you're good, if not, it might be a tool problem, or a very poor quality rivet possibly.Maria - Pink Pony Designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00894712212901385681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436333953472850459.post-70880650634453381702017-11-27T16:29:41.035+01:002017-11-27T16:29:41.035+01:00Thanks for this post. Do you have a photo of your ...Thanks for this post. Do you have a photo of your setter? Mine always seem to come out dimpled, even though I use a cup, so I'm wondering if the setter I ordered is the wrong one. (The side I am tapping the setter into is what dimples). Thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04943508142208526111noreply@blogger.com