Getting Attached – Rivet Making Revealed
Wednesday Evening $65 Keith Lo Bue 6:30 - 9:30 PM Student Level: All
Type of Workshop: Process
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Learn one of the most versatile and strong connection methods and leave that glue in your drawer! Whatever the materials used, hand-made rivets can often be employed to strengthen and enhance your assemblage work or jewelry.
Recommended for anyone interested in attaching objects securely. Get it together and keep it together...
Supply List:
Required Tools: The tools below are things you will be using in the workshop, and to avoid having to wait for a communal tool to become available, you should plan on getting them for the class:
• Hand drill. A cordless, variable-speed hand drill is perfect and will be one of the most useful tools in your home, trust me! The recent availability of smaller, lithium-ion batteries has spawned a whole range of brands to come out with these fantastic, strong and relatively lightweight drills. An excellent example has been released by Makita and can be seen or purchased here. If you already own a power drill with a cord, or another cordless drill, bring that along instead. In a pinch, you can even use a hand-crank manual drill, such as the Fiskars model, seen here.
• General purpose drill bit set. Here is a cheap and simple set. Don't bring 'pilot-point' bits, or wood bits, but they should look like the ones pictured in the link.
• Two extra 1/16" drill bits• Piece of scrap wood to drill into
• Small piece of beeswax or even the stub of a dinner candle or tea light will do.
• Small (4oz.) Ball Pein hammer. Available here.
• roll of 're-bar tie wire' Here. NOTE: DON'T BRING THE WHOLE ROLL - snip off about 5 feet and you'll have plenty!• 1 or 2 bar clamps - Irwin makes a great one called Qwik-Grip - get one 12"and one 6" which can be bought together here.
• spring-loaded, or 'automatic' center punch. Great one here.
• Vise Grip pliers (4 inch). This is the smallest of the Vise-Grip line, and can be purchased here or at many local hardware stores. The slightly larger 5 inch model is fine as well (here), but try not to bring the full-size 7 inch model.
• Flush-cutter. An absolutely brilliant pair of cutters can be found here. Important: Specify the FLUSH-CUT model!! They cost $29. If you cut wire with any frequency, these are more than worth the money. I covet my pair, which I paid way too much for ($70!), but even so, I wouldn't give them up for anything. However, if you want a cheaper alternative, these will do.
• small steel bench block. This is a steel anvil surface for you to hammer on. Here's a very inexpensive one:
• Sharpie marker (fine point)
• A handful of metal things to rivet together.....anything from large coins to sheet metal will do. Grab a bunch of found objects and you're bound to have rivet-able stuff.
Please email me with any questions you might have that this page didn't address.
See you there! Keith
Questions? Email Keith at keith@LoBue-art.com
Website: http://www.LoBue-art.com