Well, that's gonna have to be a long rivet, and there's going to be about a half inch of rivet stem between the leather and the cap - because that little anvil bar on the top that the handle actuates does NOT fit inside the tube - no way, no how. Brake shoe riveters are of a different design. These Rex Riveters are for leather, not brake shoes. No holes need to be punched first, the rivets are self-piercing. It uses the 104 rivets that Weaver's sell. The anvil is at the top and comes down when you push the handle down, hitting the rivet and splashing the end of the rivet. The tube is spring loaded and holds the rivet upright. The long tube is where you put the rivet, head first. STill got to get a pic of the other thing - it's really pretty neat (for a boat anchor I'm thinking maybe I'll make up an anvil from a chunk of brass and see if it will press the little light tubular rivets - tired of smacking my poor old arthritic thumbs! The band brakes etc would still need to have a more or less flush surface - ie, rivet set into a hole in the liner, below the friction surface. yes, I'm old, and USED to be a mechanic of sorts (runs in the family, for better or worse). I have worked with some of the old riveted brake setups - ugh. Well, that makes sense, but the hole in the lower tube is like half an inch deep - makes me think there was an insert of some type.
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