getting brake lining rivets 'square on'

[JonE]

Well, I found the most successful riveting was done with a little nut on the side of the rivet top to stand off from the brake material, and just pressing in the corner of a big metal vice, which is easy to do with the 'curly' web on the shoe. The tool never seems to be quite at 90 degrees and the ones I started needed finishing off in the vice for tightness. And perhaps I'm not hitting the thing hard enough.

Would be really interested to see the actual Austin tool or a pic from the service journals...