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Default Peen rod for rivets

Gerald Ross wrote:
dadiOH wrote:
I need to peen over a 3/16 rod to serve as a rivet, been years
since I have done so. Can anyone tell me how much longer the piece
of rod should be (beyond the grip length) to peen two heads?

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On one end scribe a mark say 1/8 " from end, put in vise & peen that
end. with that reference you should be able to calculate where to cut.


Helpful too, thanks.

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