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Collecting the bits and pieces at the beginning.
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Tap brass for M8, install stud and cleaning up the end so it looks pretty.
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Cutting the tip off the very hard steel hand setter tool.
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Pressing the tip into the body. Using a simple anvil to protect the tip.
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Setting the small glove snap with only light pressure.
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Setup on my Chinese rivet press.
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Glove snap setter and 2 change purses.
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Rivet setter dies, some bought, some made.
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The latch top fits upside down in the brass die
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Making a die pair for magnetic latch hardware from scratch.
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Hammering the setter from the rear side to permanently clamp the leather.
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Fabricated tiny 8mm snap rivet press tools from Wuta hand tools.