The rivet guns are for the pop rivets, not the round head type. You need an
air chizel, a bit and a bucking bar to set the round head types. I have the
information on a supplier somewhere. If I can remember where, I'll send you
the info. Haven't tried setting the round heads but apparently its a matter
of putting a 'bucking bar' over one end and then use the airchisel with the
proper bit to mushroom the other end. Think the 'bucking bar' is just a
flat piece with a puka the shape of the domed head of the rivet. The chizel
bit is probably an indented rod that fits over the other end of the rivet.
You use the air chizel to pound on one end and hold the other end with the
'bucking bar'. That's my understanding of the procedure, someone who has
actually done it, chime in if I'm wrong.
The blind rivets and setting gun are super simple. Stick the rivet in the
gun, push the rivet in the hole, pull the trigger and your done. BTW There
are a bunch of different types of blind rivets. The ones from RN are way
stronger, and take a lot more force to set, than the ones I bought at my
local Ace hardware. I've used the RN rivets to replace the domed rivets
without any problems so far. When I build my 'Sunday' truck, will get the
tools and use the domed rivets where they once were, however.
Aloha
Peter
>From: "Vel & Maryanne Natarajan" <velnma@home.com>
>Reply-To: lro@works.team.net
>To: <lro@Works.Team.Net>
>Subject: LRO: RE: Rivet guns (was: Air Compressors)
>Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 17:55:31 -0500
>
>Peter,
>
>I've always wondered about those rivet guns I see in Harbor Freight. Your
>post has convinced me that when I replace the cappings on my truck, that
>I'll be using real round-head rivets and the rivet gun.
>
>When setting the rivets, are there any special techniques (bucking bar, or
>whatever it is when setting by hand), or do you just set the rivet in the
>hole, and pull the trigger?
>
>Regards,,
>Vel
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-lro@works.team.net [mailto:owner-lro@works.team.net]On
>Behalf Of Peter Ogilvie
>Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 4:09 PM
>To: lro@works.team.net
>Subject: RE: LRO: Air Compressors
>
>More on air toys:
>1. Was having a very hard time installing the RN supplied pop rivets. Just
>didn't have the strength, despite working out with a rubber ball, to set
>the
>rivets and I'd develop riveter elbow if I had to set more than a couple.
>Also had a tendency not to set them straight as I's cock the tool as I
>strained to compress the rivet tool. Finally swung for a cheap rivet gun,
>less than $50. What a revelation, the first time I used it, popped the
>trigger three or four times thinking that nothing had happened only to
>discover a perfectly set rivet. It only takes a blink of the eye. Have
>air
>chizeled off all the old loose rivets on my trucks and reset them with the
>heavy duty RN supplied rivets. Only took a little time and virtually no
>effort. If you've counted the rivets on your truck, you know that's a lot
>of rivets.
>
>
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