Hello, ive bought a rivetgun for €20!

But i need some help. I want to forge some dies to put in my rivet gun. But before i do that i need to know what the tool should look like. So I thought it would be a good idea to look at the existing tool that is still in the rivetgun! But i cant seem to find a conclusion. As you can see on the pictures the tool/hammer pin that is now in the rivetgun is flush with what looks like to me a retaining sleve. This does not seem very handy to me because you would have to put the rivetgun dead nuts on the surface of the object you are riveting. It could be that it's for some flat head rivets but still, it seems wiser to protrude the hammer pin and make it a bit more wide wouldn't it? Anyway any help would be greatly appreciated!

Hi all!

Just getting started with blacksmithing and wondering if there are any non-leather aprons that work just as well as leather ones. It's not a huge deal to me, but if it's actually not hard to avoid using leather while still being safe, I'd love to do that.

Thanks!

I just built my first blown burner based off ChristCenteredIronWork’s build, but my current forge can’t handle the higher temps and I would like to get into forge welding/Damascus etc, can someone either point me in the right direction for where to find plans OR describe to me the materials and the layers they need to be in?

Can I install a thermo-coupler as well for precise temps?

First off, I’m sorry for posting many grinders to this sub, I’ve was told to just narrow it down and ask which is better so that’s what I’m doing, I’m debating on these two grinders, which is better? I should specify it’s for making knives