Pinball rivets

[Steve Arnold]

Hi, I need to ask where to get rivets from the attach plastics on my Spider-Man pinball please? They seem different to ordinary pop rivets. Also can you use a pop rivet gun to install them? Never had to do this before.

Thanks

 

[Asiapinball]

Post in thread 'Rivet press, dies and rivets'

Jan 20, 2025

I cannot believe the complexity of this. I too would like to buy a riveting tool for ramps but all of the above might as well be in Swahili.

It's actually really simple, Gaz. Just stick a rivet though the two things you want to rivet together and use the rivet tool as a squisher to squish the rivet. That's it. The dies are just the end pieces of the squisher that do the actual squishing.

Rivets, like nails, come in different lengths. Just choose one which is long enough to poke out through the things you want rivetted together and squish it. If the things that are being rivetted...

• Mfresh

All.discussed here just last week.

 

[Doggard]

As and when I’ve had to replace the plastics on my Spiderman, I replaced the rivets with small bolts. Makes replacing them a whole lot easier going forward.

 

[Steve Arnold]

Thanks that’s a good idea using small bolts. I might go down that route.

Any links to rivets if I use them?

Will check out pinball suppliers for the parts

 

[drhex]

Where are you? Have rivets and tools west of London

 

[Steve Arnold]

Hi, I’m based in Bedfordshire SG19.
Thanks for the reply

 

[Dinsdale]

As and when I’ve had to replace the plastics on my Spiderman, I replaced the rivets with small bolts. Makes replacing them a whole lot easier going forward.

I've done this too. It is great future proofing and means one less tool you need on hand.

 

[Alan Syson]

This arrived yesterday. Works a treat.