MLT

Installation of rivet hinge fasteners

Needed tooling: - T-square - Ruler, use for straight cut - Utility knife - Belt marking pin - Callipers to measure belt thickness - Rivet hammer - Rivet breaker and hand tongs Fixing with nail rivets :
1.) Cut the belt at a right angle and choose a fastener between 20 and 50 mm smaller than the belt. Put the fastener in place on the belt and place the assembly pin, and close the fastener by using of a hammer, until the fastener holds on the belt firmly.
2.) Place a soft piece of wood and if necessary fix the belt on the wood to make the assembly easier. Check the fastener is taken completely to the abutment. After fixing the fastener with a rivet at each end, fasten with a central rivet. Place the rivets intermediary from the outside to the inside.
3.) Turn over the end of the belt. Replace the piece of wood by a flat thick piece of steel. Cut the rivets near to the fastener. Rivet, in the beginning, with a soft hammering around the rivets, in a way as to penetrate the metal in fasteners hole. Then, tighten the sides of the fastener, hammering firmly.
4.) Cut the angle with the knife. Join the fasteners. Put the hinge into the fastener. In case of a rigid pin, bend the ends.
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