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    Default Cross Pein or Tinning hammer for solid rivets.

    Wood wright recently had a guest on TV that hammered some solid rivets.
    I need to peen some 1/4" solid brass pins for some homade tools and solid steel rivets of the same diameter.
    Do I need a Cross Pein hammer 32 oz or 40oz or a Tinners 12oz or 18 oz ?

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    Brass rivets being softer might do with a smaller weight than for the steel rivets.
    Will you use a rivet set tool? What's the significance of cross pein? Wouldn't any hammer of suitable size do?

    Jordan

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    The guest said the straight wedge shape shapes the metal pin or rivet evenly and securely. A round ball pein offers less control, leaves many dents and a messy uneven surface.
    I considering the estwing 18oz tinner's hammer or estwing E6-32 CP 32 oz cross pein. Other large cross pein hammers are heavy and named blacksmith hammers 2.5lb 4lb & 4.5lb

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    you need a tinsmith's riveter...one that folds the rivet back down and makes a nice dome....else if its countersunk both sides first use a cross pein and then finish with the normal face (dad never used a ball pien......why not?....buggered if I know....just never seen him use a ball pien...he had plenty of them but never did I see him use one on a rivet...he was a tinsmith)

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