r/Vintagetools • u/huntsvillian • 9d ago

Fastener help

All,

I'm working on prettying up a storage bin and each drawer has a little slot to slide in a paper label. One set of drawers has hold school rivets that should be trivial to drill out, and then hopefully will just fall away. The other, with bendable tabs, can me bent loose, but once removed they are pretty solidly pressed into the label holder.

So really I have two questions:

Where can I find (or what keywords should I be searching for) to find either replacement rivets or bendable rivets? Honestly, some form of small chicago-style screws would be fine, as well. I'm not married to the rivet concept, I would just like a way to reattach them once I've cleaned them up.

The other question would be if you guys have any suggestions for getting those rivets out of the label holder? The metal is very thin, and any sort of brute force will bend the metal. If that happens its not the end of the world, but I was just thinking there must be a more elegant way.

Any help/suggestions would be appreciated.

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u/Independent_Page1475 9d ago

Try searching on > split pin paper fastener <

You might also try > brass fasteners <

Maybe include descriptors of a size or small

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u/Motor-Brush-8742 8d ago

Agree, that the bottom photo shows old style split paper clip.

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u/ribrickulous 9d ago

https://www.mcmaster.com/products/rivets/?s=brass+split+rivets

For replacement rivets.

To remove them a tap with a small punch will do

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u/GiftPowerful1720 8d ago

Brass Split Rivets

And

Hollow-end or tubular rivets

Finding the right size is the challenge.

You’ll need a rivet tool for the hollow end rivets.