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air rivet gun question
I see harbor freight has one for $69 that does 1/4" rivets and it's a cheap price but I can totally see something going wrong with it, but then again I won't be doing rivets all that often.
Then I see at this old man's house he has a mac one that cost $350 and it's not huge like all other rivet guns, is very small, and also does 1/4" and he's selling that for $150. Can anyone vouch for these? Did a teardown on a lumina (pos) and the handles are like ford pick ups with the 1/4" rivets and also the glass only gives you access with an air rivet gun. Might as well get one and save some time. ![]()
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I'd stay away from the HF one, as I think you know they are really hit or miss-what I did (after much research) was to buy one of these:
http://www.yardstore.com/browse.cfm/4,6017.html Also, they carry used Rivet Guns (I'd stay with 3X)- http://www.yardstore.com/browse.cfm/4,6281.html or, you might consider one of these: http://www.yardstore.com/browse.cfm/4,3874.html In addition, I use one of these for Rivets that are close to an edge,as I get more control: http://www.yardstore.com/browse.cfm/4,6337.html |
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I think those are airplane rivet guns. Not sure if those would work but can't see why not. Do they work for smaller sized rivets too?
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The only caution I can see with many rivet guns - make sure that it will work with steel as well as aluminum. Even my new hand rivet tool "complains" when I use 5/32" plain steel or SS .
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Is it red?
Is it a Huck? used... $75 tops if it is the one in this link pushed by MAC in the 90s http://huckguns.com/pneudraulic-tool...power-riveter/ |
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Yes, all the way down to 3/32"-as they are solid, they are much stronger than pop-rivets (which is why they use them on airplanes, although they do use pop-rivets in limited instances)- Last edited by 35WINDOW; 06-30-2011 at 08:34 AM. |
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We have two of those at work, and have pulled several thousand rivets with them without any issues. Of those, several hundred were SS 1/4" rivets, the rest were 1/8 or 3/16 aluminum.
We were skeptical of the HF stuff, but these seem to work. Mark |
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thanks, I'll get one. The best tech in our shop has one and he also vouched for one. I imagine he thought the same thing about why spending $300 for a tool you don't use often.
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