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    Quote Originally Posted by Madcap View Post
    the correct mandrel at this point
    I would think a fat hardwood dowel with a piece of sheet steel as a shim would do the trick. Could use one of the tabs from an electrical box as the shim if you need something harder.
    While you are at the big box store, get a flat piece of steel, cut some squares off, and practice your technique with flat pieces before you try to do the deed on your parts. lots of light, squarely placed, taps. Your rivets will be softer than you think. Take your time setting them.

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    I'll need to study what you've said so far and get back sometime after the rivets arrive.....thanks so very much for your help.

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    The rivets are here but may be slightly short...diameter seems fine but I think the length on these will provide enough to gain proper strength. The measure 3/32 X 5/32...(?)
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    edit to prev post: ...diameter seems fine but I think the length on these will not provide enough to gain proper strength.

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    Late Followup

    Hello -

    My apology for any apparent lack of follow up on this project. A few interruptions and various priorities took precedence. Anyway, I think the answer to the original heat shield attachment question was recently solved. A good friend with years of experience in the engineering and mechanics profession revealed that silver soldering the rivets was probably the answer. That sounds like the most logical and simple solution.

    So, the next step is to clean up the matching holes, trim the length of the rivets and solder the buggers in. The entire shield and bayonet attachment will be blued - not sure if I'll cold blue myself or have it professionally rust-blued. Meantime the bottom of the barrel needs the grooves added also.

    Results of each process should be within the next couple weeks.

    Hope all is well with you guys,

    Dick

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    Photos of the rivets installed but not soldered yet. The one misaligned hole will be filled in. Interior shot shows the rivets needing to be trimmed prior to soldering.
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    They look good. After trim they would be about right.
    Regards, Jim

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    Thank you Jim...after this week I hope to work toward finally completing the project. I have a local friend that bought a repro heat shield and attachment for his M12 conversion from the same individual I immediately sent my order back to....it was so ugly. His lug is hand filed (rather than machined) the same as mine was and pretty crude in my opinion but he's satisfied with it, I guess.
    Anyway, I'll check back in on occasion with any further.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Madcap View Post
    from the same individual
    In case you didn't see in another thread, Jack Schwarz passed away a month or so after you sent your's back. He was 84.

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    No, I wasn't aware...thank you.

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