bitsandspurs

Hi guys, it's Paul the pest again, boy I'm a needy guy today, sorry about that! I was wondering how Y'all make your spur buttons ground down at the ends to 3/16" to rivet. I'm sure some folks buy there's already lathed down and man would that ever be a godsend! I've always hacked away at mine by buying truss head (wagon box) rivets and on the edge of a crisp new sanding belt hold them with vice grips on the large head end and turn by eye to grind back the ends to 3/16" for riveting- a very unscientific approach that's bass ackwards big time, but it's all I know-there HAS to be a better way and man am I ever overdue!

Any names of suppliers I can buy lots of them pre-lathed or others techniques better than my crude way I'd really appreciate hearing about-thanks a ton!

Paul

bill adamson
somwhere in colorado. i will look tomorrow for his address or phone number. he sells premade rivets buy the thousands.

Paul, contact Bill Adamson
Cowboy Equiptment
25446 WCR 53
Kersey Co 80644
1-970-353-7373 email is cwbyeqpt@msn.com

Super nice guy, he gets the buttons made from the mold that crockett used. I just ordered 500 of them and I really like them. I was turning mine down with a drill from carriage bolts and these sure do save some time. They are fairly inexpensive also, shipping may be a little more going to the east coast but to ship here in Colo 500 of them cost me $45 total. If you try him with that phone # and it doesnt work, let me know I have another # on the page with his info and I cant remember why there is 2 numbers there. One of them is deffinately his.
Gannon

Paul,
I posted this on your other thread:

You can also get them from Jeremiah Watt. Here's a link to the page on his website:
http://www.ranch2arena.com/spurmakerparts.html