Rivet Head Hexagonal thingymagig

[MuranoSilver]

I once saw a big lump of Hexagonal metal with various sized holes in for making rivet heads.
Looked a bit like a fat draw plate...can't remember where though, or even what it was called.
(This is where my lack of formal training lets me down! )

So anyone know if the thingymagig has a specific name, or even better who stocks it?
Might even be Cooksons but as I don't know what to search for I'm stumped,lol

Nic xx

[ps_bond]

A rivet heading plate?

Never seen one for sale, I'm afraid - made my own for the larger stuff. A cheap drawplate is what I use for jewellery scale; despite the low force being used, I prefer not to use my carbide insert drawplates for this.

[AlexandraBuckle]

is it for shaping the head of the rivet?
I'm afraid i haven't come across a gadget like that either, but i did read somewhere that you can get burrs to shape rivet heads...
dunno if thats any help.

[MuranoSilver]

Thank you - you sparked my mind and after a few different search terms I found a whole page of them
Staking Plates
Nic xx

[AlexandraBuckle]

ah i see! though I don't quite see how you use it...

[ps_bond]

Well, you can either ball up on end of your wire, drop it in an appropriate hole & form the rivet head that way or drop the wire in and forge in a head. The first way is a bit easier.

I made my own up for 1/4" rivets a while ago - 2 small blocks of steel with a spring arm to hold them aligned. That allows the stock to be clamped as you're forging in the head.

[MuranoSilver]

All the rivets I've made recently have been ball end ones that are then flattened on the pendant...
unfortunately a few sorta bent as they flattened + tend to indent into the silver
Hopefully this will solve my problem as it will be easier to do the back if the front is already flat...
nic x

[ps_bond]

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[MuranoSilver]

Thanks Peter
Beaducation are a really nice company so they would've got my order
if they weren't out of stock (I found the watchmaking company after)
nic x

[Dennis]

A simple way to make tidy rivet heads is to cut thin slices of the correct diameter round wire, say 2.5 or 3.0mm, using a chenier cutting guide. Dome the slices and solder on wire. No sweat, Dennis.