On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Ben Mitchell wrote:
:Got one (air riveter - real rivets, not pop) in the garage.
:
:Haven't used it yet, but I've got a lot of rivets to drive for the 88" I'm
:rebuilding. Rivet guns are not cheap, but according to everything I read,
:it's a bad idea to use an air hammer for rivets. Actually just coming up on
Air hammers hit too hard, is the basic problem. Turning the air way
down works wonders for that, though. If I were doing an airplane, I'd
get a rivet gun. for the couple hundred rivets on a Land-Rover, an air
hammer (or a ball peen hammer, which is how I did the ones I replaced
on the bonnet of Mr. Sinclair. I got the rivets for the cost of a ride
from a guy near my parents who built planes, so I didn't really think it
worth spending money on a tool...) will work. If you've got a fetish about
it, by all means buy the right tool. Don't forget the rivet gauge, either!
Just don't try and figure out how to use a torque wrench as part of the
operation.
-- dscheidt@tumbolia.com Bipedalism is only a fad.
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