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I am disassembling my shutters so I can re-chrome the slats. I have removed the slat assembly, and I am drilling out the rivets. Anyone have suggestions as to the best way to do this. I don't want to bend any tabs on the individual slats.

Thanks.

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Jim

Check the paragraph on GRILLE on Posts# 87 and 88 on the following Duchess Project link:

The plater was happy to take them apart.

https://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=5878&viewmode=flat&order=ASC&type=&mode=0&start=80

Joe

Dear Jim:

First use a dremel or engraver to keep them in order. And make up a written record.

Next buy good quality bits and cutting oil from McMaster-Carr or MSC. The oil will make your life alot easier.

Also keep the shutter rods in order as well.

You don't want to bend anything because the steel will become more brittle after plating.

Thanks for the suggestions! I had already thought about the engraver. I bought one just last week. I am making sketches and taking photos as I take things apart. Making sketches forces me to pay attention to small details, like which way a bend in a part points.

Thanks for answering the question I hadn't asked yet about the HT-178 Hand Rivet Clincher.

The pins on the ends (on one end) of the blades slip into holes in four curved assemblies (they may be called "bearing assemblies"). There is what looks like pressed paper inside metal channels. The holes are drilled in the pressed paper. Right or wrong, I removed the paper from one of those channels. Can I still buy that paper, or is there a substitute, like telfon block, that I could use? Thanks