My riveted steel aventail
Bag of 5,000 ready-to-rivet steel rings
Bag of 5,000 rivets
I got a set of crimpers, a bag of 5,000 ready-to-rivet steel rings and a bag of 5,000 rivets from
Forth Armoury. The rings are 18 ga x 3/8"id mild steel. Some people think this is too light, but when they are riveted, even an 18 ga ring is incredibly tough. They will bend, but they won't break.
I wrapped the crimper handles with a few layers of friction tape to give them some "grips" and then a layer of duct tape so they wouldn't be sticky. (yes that's yellow duct tape).
Vervelles
Tools Note the driving pockets and the center peening pocket
Start with an open ring
Push the rivet through
Drive the rivet with the crimpers
Peen the rivet with the peening pocket A peened ring
A finished ring
Four rings on one makes a link. Eight links makes a chain.
Eight chains makes a panel. This is a quarter panel.
Four closed rings are joined on one ring to make a "link". Eight links joined in a row make a "chain". Eight chains make a pannel. Here is a quarter panel.
All photos © 2005 by Darren W. Mize. Please e-mail me if you want to use them for anything.
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