Grill Welt Tool Loan Program

Over on the 2a site, there was a grill welt tool loaner program that went dead a couple years ago with the disappearance of the tool. Any chance there is a tool loaner here? Hate to reinvent the work.

 

curious what that looks like..

 

Basically a large set of pliers with a thingamajig welded to one of the jaws to bend the rivets:

https://www.kaiserwillys.com/products/us-made-grille-welt-rivet-crimp-tool-fits-41-71-jeep-willys/

 

I ended up using small screws and nuts to hold mine in. Doesn't look factory, but it works. I really didn't have any luck with the welting tool pliers. Maybe the ones I have aren't sized correctly?

 

I have that tool and I have loaned it to members in the past. I will loan it out again for the price of the postage. I will warn you that the tool doesn't do a great job of really getting the rivets tight. I ended up using the tool the start the rivets and then finished up with regular vise grip to flatten the rivet more than the specialty tool can.

 

Mmm.. interesting widget..

 

Pop-Rivets will work and nobody will notice the difference unless you are building a show Jeep.

 

I saw a YouTube video of a guy who made a tool using a vice grip. I may give that a shot with a cheap HF one.

 

I used pop rivits. If i painted them black you wouldn't even notice them

 

x3 on the pop rivets. I bought the welting kit from Herm, it came with pop rivets. They work fine.