discussion Trumpeter Rivet tool?

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Hiya,
I've got a Trumpeter Rivet tool and was wondering if anyone knows which scales are which on the lettered wheels? There are four wheels lettered A,B,C and D but no indication which scales they are.
Thanks
Adrian

 

[Bigfoot57]

Ade

I've got one of those although I'm not able to get hold of it this moment as I'm at work but if I remember the scaling it goes 1/12 for every 1 inch is the eqivilent of 12 inches 1/24 is 24 inches 1/32 is 32 inches 1/48 is 48 inches and 1/72 is 72 inches ie 6ft so now get the least no of teeth wheel and roll along a piece of paper then mark off a 1 inch section and count the no of rivit marks if the wheel was 1/32 then I would expect there to be 15 or 16 if its less then 1/24 or if it's only a few then 1/12 see how that goes I will try it myself tonight when I get home

Regards

Colin

 

[john i am]

I'd have thought the closer the teeth are the smaller the scale.

 

[Bigfoot57]

Yes you are correct so if there are more teeth then the smaller the scale it's what scale does it represent I shall post my findings shortly

 

[Bigfoot57]

Here are my results note this is for the trumpeter rivet wheel only others may be different
Wheel A 60 to the inch which for aircraft is sufficent for 1/72
Wheel B 32 so that to me would indicate 1/32
Wheel C 48 so again that equates to 1/48
Wheel D 24 1/24 anybody

That's allowing 1 rivet per inch in the real world size

Regards

Colin

 

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Here are my results note this is for the trumpeter rivet wheel only others may be different
Wheel A 60 to the inch which for aircraft is sufficent for 1/72
Wheel B 32 so that to me would indicate 1/32
Wheel C 48 so again that equates to 1/48
Wheel D 24 1/24 anybody

That's allowing 1 rivet per inch in the real world size

Regards

Colin

Brilliant, thanks Colin