[Crist Rigotti]

Crist



If (or rather when) you disassemble the backelite speaker plug (the one plugging into the chassis) because the wires are frayed right at where they enter the plug, you will have top remove the two copper rivets that hold the plug together. usually done by drilling them out.

After that you will have to put the plug back together. Of course you can go for screws but for it to look nice you might want to use rivets. Copper rivets.
Because of the backelite being fragile you cannot use riveting tool - it will shatter the plug to pieces.

Now the rivet




has the rivet barrel itself (the one that gets smooshed and holds things together) and the mandrel - the rod with the hemi-spherical head that smooshes the rivet when the riveting tool pulls it in.

What I did (and some other people too) was using copper rivets, removing the mandrel (since you are not using the tool), feeding the barrel through and then flaring it.

Got it!  Thanks.