Rivets for lightsaber

[Zombie Killer]

I'm getting a 6.75mm head on the 1/8" rivets and that is closer to what i am getting on the scaling so if i had to make a choice, and i will eventually, i would go with 1/8". If you guys can't find any there and want some i'd be glad to get some and send them to whoever.


Edit, how about 4mm rivits? Any head dimensions for those?

 

[KaanE]

7 mm I think.

 

[Zombie Killer]

So if your imperial get 1/8" if you are metric go 7mm.

 

[kurtyboy]

I just measured a 3mm rivet and it has a 6mm head diameter. A 4mm rivet has a 7.5mm head diameter.

Unless of course there are variations!

So if your imperial get 1/8" if you are metric go 7mm.

 

[Lichtbringer]

And to bring more fun to the discussion

I just went down to my shop in the basement and measured some pop-rivets.

One brand of 3mm rivets has a 5,8mm "head", another brand has 6,1mm
The only brand i have of 4mm rivets has a 7,5mm "head".

So, you better go with your caliper to the toolshop/homedepot, and measure the available brands until you find the one that´s close to the needed size. lol:lol

 

[Zombie Killer]

I just measured a 3mm rivet and it has a 6mm head diameter. A 4mm rivet has a 7.5mm head diameter.

Unless of course there are variations!

Oops i meant 4mm. but if you are getting 7.5 then that is too big. Looks like 1/8 is it.

 

[Lichtbringer]

Oops i meant 4mm. but if you are getting 7.5 then that is too big. Looks like 1/8 is it.

Maybe not.

I measured my real Kobold clip, and compared to it the rivets need to be 7,49mm.

 

[KaanE]

This is starting to look like a Studio Scale debate :lol

 

[Zombie Killer]

That ESB saber in that pic has 7.5 heads and the other pics are 1/8". I just checked with my Linhof clip which should be the same as the Kobold and i am also getting 7.5 but i only get it in the ESB pic.

 

[Lichtbringer]

I only checked the "snow-pic" with the real clip - as i´m not convinced that the other is a "real" one. Isn´t the saber with the reddish and rounded t-track the one that was build to give it to Kurtz?

 

[Zombie Killer]

Founds some philips head screws on the ESB grips.

 

[Clutch]

could you reduce some for reference?

My main thing with the rivets is I can't see the pins in there, only holes. All rivets I've seen have pins in them that have been snapped off.

 

[Zombie Killer]

I added some pics above.

 

[Clutch]

thanks. I hadn't seen the other screencap thread when I posted.

 

[James Kenobi 1138]

could you reduce some for reference?

My main thing with the rivets is I can't see the pins in there, only holes. All rivets I've seen have pins in them that have been snapped off.

You can either use 'water-tight' pop rivets with the pull-pin intact, or regular pop rivets where the pull-pin is designed to come out on the second pull leaving the hole in the middle.

 

[Zombie Killer]

The snow saber has philips heads too but it's hard to get a picture of them.

 

[Zombie Killer]

Ok i tried and this is about as good as i can get. They are philips screws in the snow sabers grips but it is hard to get a shot of the whole head where the X is visible. In the first pic you can just barely see the screw in the grip at the 4 oclock position and in the second pic you can just make out the screw on the grip at the 3 o clock position.

 

[Clutch]

Are you taking pictures of the tv screen with a camera?

 

[Zombie Killer]

Yes. It's all i have.

 

[Lightsaberman]

Well "blow me down with a feather!" I never expected such amazingly informative and educational aswers! THANK YOU so much to everyone! My head is still spinning......

OK, I'll see what I can find here in the UK. If I have no luck I wil take you up on that offer Zombie Killer, if that still stands.

If I do find the right ones I will post the info of where to get them and exactly what I bought for other UK members. Oh, and thanks for the tip Lichtbringer, I'll be sure to go with calipers in hand!

Well done on the photos, very interesting . I guess ideally, we need someone with a Blu-Ray player on their PC to take some screen caps, but I think we get the message!

A HUGE thank you again, chaps. Really came through on this one.