Over the past 10 years, industries in various areas have received great development. Consumer goods with various attributes and accessories diverge from the store shelves with a bang. Clothing, home textiles, cottage and tourist products - have such an element as grommets. In order to find out what the grommets are, how to install these products yourself, what they are used for when they originated, what other questions are, and many more, read this article.
The grommet is designed to strengthen the edges of the holes used for threading braid, cords, ropes or cables
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The cringle is an element that allows you to strengthen the edges of any material. It is a sleeve with a cap on the one hand, and an overhead washer on the other. Inside the product there is a hole that is used for threading yarn, rope, bowstring, or simply as a decorative ornament.
The grommet consists of two parts - a ring and a sleeve, it is a block.
Grommets are installed in factories or manufacturers of various products. Such an element of attributes of each individual subject, has been widely used in several industries at once. Without this amplifier it is impossible to imagine ordinary shoes, or a modern notebook with homemaker's recipes.
Grommet apply:
As can be seen from the description of the areas of use of this wonderful accessory, it has been widely used in almost all branches of production of goods. Basically, the device has a functional nature, which consists in strengthening the edges of the material, for subsequent threading through it with a rope, a rope or a thin thread.
To install the grommets with your own hands, you need to know what they are made from furniture factories.
From expensive metals, amplifiers are made by jewelry craftsmen or jewelry factories. Such elements serve as ornaments for bracelets, bag straps, shoes, designer clothes. Aluminum products, as well as brass, are used for clerical / printing activities. Quarter calendars, scrapbooks, exercise books, and other products are subject to revision using eyelets.
Interesting. In the office, such an attribute of reinforcement is called a block. The workers of the polygraphic area themselves call it the piccolo ring.
Blochka is a grommet without a ringlet.
To answer the question of how to install the grommets without a tool, you need to know in which household items and clothes this product is used. They are widely used for:
This list can be continued indefinitely, since the product is really very popular.
For paper / cardboard products are used blocks (piccolo rings). Their main difference from the grommets is the absence of an additional washer on the back side of the rivet. Blochki have one sleeve, rounded at one end in the form of a cap. To install the rings using a special tool.
The block is fixed by breaking the sleeve into several teeth.
Every person who wonders how to put eyelets at home is interested in knowing where this product came from. It is not possible to know for certain in which century the fortification was first used. But there is a branch of application: for sailing. The sails demanded strengthening of the edges in order to be able to carry the rigging of the whole ship.
Historically, the grommet came from sailing business, where it is still used as the main way of reinforcing holes
Interesting. All elements of the ship that are used to control the sails are called rigging.
The first rivets looked very simple. The edges of the sail, made of special fabric (cotton, etc.), were stitched with several ties of thick thread. The piercing methods were different: their choice at most depended on the required strength and durability of the structure. After full development of this technology, as well as at the dawn of the dawn of the metallurgical industry, metal rings were used for riveting. The whole process of their fastening was reduced to manual installation, as there was no specialized tool that allows you to quickly and easily put a rivet on. People were treated with improvised means.
Various devices can be used for flaring the eyelet rim.
So why don't we learn from the experience of our ancestors? Further, in a separate section of the article, it is described in detail how to set the grommet at home, without using a specialized tool.
For each item, whether it is an element of interior decoration, interior furnishings, a piece of clothing or tourist paraphernalia, reinforcing rivets are produced completely different. This is characterized by:
Taking into account the needs of each customer, the manufacturer is constantly developing new products, improving its technology.
To take into account the needs of each industry, riveting is characterized by the following indicators:
The inside diameter of the grommet must be greater than the diameter of the eaves rod
The thicker the fabric, the higher should be the height of the side of the grommet
At home, metal eyelets are most often used.
The color gamut of eyelets is very diverse, it will not be difficult to find the right shade.
Before you start installing the grommets, you need to buy them in the store. And before you buy, be sure to understand what you need them for, as well as understand the existing types and their characteristics. After reading this section, you will not have additional questions to the seller. All parameters are listed above.
Attention! Before going to the store for rivet fittings, read the 5 basic characteristics.
At home, there is a need for self-assembly reinforcing rivets. For example, you want to give life to an old T-shirt, transforming it with the help of decorating with multi-colored holes, or you are going to sew a curtain yourself in the kitchen. In all cases, it will be useful for you to study the method of self-installation of rivets.
To reinforce the mounting point of the grommet, special plastic rings are used; at home, thick cloth can become their analogue
Consider the step by step instructions on the example of installing rivets on the curtain. To carry out this work, you will need material and some tools.
Here is what you need:
The first thing you need to make a curtain. To correctly calculate its size, you must consider all the necessary stocks. On the eaves, the curtain hangs loosely, with evenly distributed folds, without any tension. This determines the stock length. It should be 50% of the length between the walls of the window opening. That is, the length of the curtains should be increased by half.
The width of the fabric for curtains depends on the desired depth of the folds.
Curtain height is also required to take more. This is necessary for stock on the folds below and above. At the installation sites of the sleeves, the fold is made on the basis of the diameter of the fittings, plus the required margin of 1 cm from the edge of the curtain.
Scheme marking fabric for grommets
After you have finished sewing the curtains, you can proceed to the installation of rivet fittings.
First you need to cut off a special tape, which is needed to eliminate possible pinching, unnecessary folds, distortions, as well as to visually improve the look of the curtain. You need to cut off the size of the curtains, multiplying by 2 (as the tape is sewn on each side).Do not forget to leave allowances for high-quality framing edges. One centimeter will be enough.
Markup is a major step in the way of efficiently performing work. As described above, between the edges of the curtains, you must retreat 1 cm. Between each future hole should be 15-20 centimeters. This size is counted from centers. To get symmetry, make an even number of holes.
The distance between the rings will depend on the depth of the folds of the curtains.
For drawing hole centers, use a marker or chalk. You should not smear too greasy fabric to avoid residues on the surface.
For making holes used ordinary nail scissors. Mandatory requirement for scissors - they must be quite sharp. Do the hole carefully, eliminating the possibility of damage to the surface of the fabric in the next place.
When cutting a hole, take into account the possible displacement of the fabric.
The diameter of the hole is an important parameter that determines the effectiveness of the work. From the correct choice of the size of the hole depends on the aesthetic appearance of the curtains, as well as the duration of their operation. There is one rule here: if the fabric is elastic, then the diameter of the hole should be 1-2 mm less than the inside size of the sleeve. But for a dense material the hole must be made the same with the dimensions of the sleeve.
Next, go to the installation. Before installing the grommets, experts advise that the edges of the hole be treated with special tape or glue. This procedure can also be used as an intensive care unit, if the hole turned out to be larger than the diameter of the hardware.
After cutting the holes, the eyelet is assembled.
Installing accessories is a simple matter, but not entirely easy. For this you will need:
The diameter of the working face of a Phillips screwdriver is selected 2-3 mm larger than the internal size of the sleeve. Be sure to take a screwdriver under the cross. You need to achieve the effect of breaking the edges of the metal rivet.
The size of the "cross" on the screwdriver must exceed the inner diameter of the grommet
Accessories are inserted from the front of the curtain. After the first part is in place, the curtain needs to be turned upside down on the solid backing sheet.
The main thing - do not confuse the front side with the purl
Wear a washer on the protruding metal part. Taking a screwdriver with a hammer and placing it in the hole, tear off the metal edges with a few blows of the hammer.
After each stroke, turn the screwdriver a bit to get a “flower”
To complete alignment of fasteners, use a bolt. Place its wide face on the washer and use a hammer to give the mount a finished look. This process is called flaring.
Evenly bend the edges until it stops so that the grommet does not hang out
The whole process of working on each mount takes no more than 5 minutes. So do not be discouraged if it does not work right away. Installing 3-4 pieces, you will put your hand, and the work will go like clockwork.
It looks like a grommet on the front side - quite decent and reliable
Use the same way to make eyelets on clothes.
Shops and factories use a special tool. This punch-pliers, for making holes, as well as installers-cores. There are also universal tools that include two purposes at once. But to buy such devices for home use is not advisable. It is easier to use the tips of our article, and make an independent installation.
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