I've let this project sit a bit because I've been a bit perplexed on how to proceed with some challenges, but given the general order of social distancing I spent some time today trying to sort things out.
Right now the next step is to rivet the trigger guard, safety stop and pistol grip plate into place. To do this I have a tool that you rest the whole assembly on and then tighten a set of bolts to smash the rivets in the receiver. Here is the base of the tool:
You place safety stop on the receiver, the trigger guard on that, then insert rivets, then place it on the base (you can see where the four rivets go in the image, its the dimpled parts to the left). On a
normal ak it would look something like this:
Problem #1 is that Yugoslavia never found a process that everyone else did that it wanted to follow exactly. On Yugo AKs there is an extra pistol grip plate that sits
underneath the receiver, it looks something like this:
That won't fit on the jig. because it sits below the receiver.
Thanks Tito.
Luckily I think I figured out a solution by looking at all the other rivet tools I have for this project. One of them has a piece that has the rivet head dimple that is tall enough to sit in the jig and hold that rivet in place and sit properly. I'm pretty sure that will work, otherewise I can always do an ugly job of pounding the rivet out with a hammer and punch, the head won't look nice but it will work. Another option is to tap the guard, plate and receiver and use screws, thats not 'correct' so I only want to do that as a last resort (but why did you not just use screws Kalashnikov?)