DLT 1,646 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Just how tough and sturdy are the mechanisms? Does anyone know how much abuse they can take before you shear them off the rifle? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JoeAK 337 Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Which mechanism? I know from personal experience that a Tapco will break if you drop it on a couch at a weird angle. You'd probably do serious damage to a rifle before you break an AK-100 folder. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spacehog 2,218 Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Which mechanism? I know from personal experience that a Tapco will break if you drop it on a couch at a weird angle. You'd probably do serious damage to a rifle before you break an AK-100 folder. or an Ace or Stormworkz hinge 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneak 81 Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 I've got the ACE hinge on my s12, sturdy, no complaints. I haven't dropped mine though, thankfully. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
D.C.MORRISON 494 Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 For a rifle. I suggest you look at the bonesteel folding mech. I use an ace on my S12. It is quite solid. However, I'm using bonesteel on my AK74 and my AK47. If the tang were still on the S12 I would install a bonesteel mech on it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DLT 1,646 Posted January 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 I love the AK-100 folding mech but lack a press and other required tools to install. I do remember reading that the rivets can be heated until red hot and then carefully hammered in place. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mullet Man 2,114 Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 I do remember reading that the rivets can be heated until red hot and then carefully hammered in place. I wonder what that would accomplish, because the rivets are not an interference fit like rivets used to build a bridge or old building, where the cooling of the rivets seats the fit after its hammered in. AM rivets are crush fit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DLT 1,646 Posted January 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 (edited) I do remember reading that the rivets can be heated until red hot and then carefully hammered in place. I wonder what that would accomplish, because the rivets are not an interference fit like rivets used to build a bridge or old building, where the cooling of the rivets seats the fit after its hammered in. AM rivets are crush fit. I honestly don't know. Do you have any suggestions on how else to install rivets without a press? I've been thinking that maybe a vice could be used along with a few pieces of steel with dimples drilled into them for the long rear rivet, and some sort of nut and bolt assembly for the inside of the receiver for the other smaller rear rivets might do the trick. Edited January 29, 2015 by DLT Quote Link to post Share on other sites
G O B 3,516 Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 I use a ball peen hammer, a home made buck and set. The buck is any heavy steel piece to buck the rivet on the side away from the set. The ball peen is used to start the rivet-light blows to round over the metal and start forming the head. The set is just a piece of bar stock or a large bolt with a cavity dremmeled in the end to form a nice rivet head, and used to make the rivet head nice and 'factory looking'. Always hammer against the buck, and the buck must be firmly supported either in a STURDY vice, or by the bulk weight of the buck itself if you have heavy steel chunks available.I made my bucks out of fish plates for 15# elevator rails. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wasrNwarpaint 184 Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Im very happy with the Kvar steel folding stock I have..I prefer warsaw length stocks and this was a little long for me so I drilled out the spot welds at the butt , removed the butt plate, chopped off an inch in length & welded the butt plate back in place. Its not only a comfortable lenght of pull now but I can run a 12 rnd drum in the folded position Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KennyFSU 249 Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 I have a Bonesteel folder and it's good to go. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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