I have been sucessful at getting air tools that lost power back up to
par usually by a good thorough cleaning, and sometimes replaceing the
vanes, however I have an air rivet gun (air hammer type) that I just
can't seem to get to wok no matter what I do to it. No vanes of
course, no bearings either, but all it does is set there and basically
makes a vibration or an occasional blow.....
This air rivet gun let me down at the most inoportune time.......I had
a 16 foot flat bottom john boat that I cut a section out of to turn it
into a 10 foot boat for use on my smaller pond as the 16 footer was
just too large and awkward......I had all the holes drilled spice
plate all cut and fit, and ready to shoot with some aircraft
rivets......4 rows of rivets spaced 5/8" apart 2 rows in each half of
the boat, through the splice plate and also an internal doubler. Mixed
up my sealant, a rubberized coating thats super strong has a work life
of approx 1 hour........Spread a coat of the sealer on the boats
portions, the main splice section and doubler, Kleco'd it all
together, and started to shoot the rivets............after the 7th
rivet the gun died........what a mess to say the least........I was
using #4 rivets, button heads, and in the end wound up having to set
them all by hand with a bucking bar and ball pein hammer.......the
boat does not leak but the rivets set, and flattened heads on the
rivets, leaves a lot to be desired, certainly not one of my better
jobs I have ever done.......Since then I have torn that gun apart
probably a dozen times, and have yet to get it to function. Its a
good quality tool, with very little use.........not the typical HF
type tool.
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