Mother of rivet tools

Second son has made the suggestion that I make a fitted wood case for it from some black walnut I have been hoarding! Gerry :-)} London, Canada

No. It pulls it to the set tension then snips it flush. It is designed for three different cross section ties. Gerry :-)} London, Canada

Then I guess I didnt pay too much for the 3 that I own.

I think the expensive one cost me a 6 pack of Pepsi.

Gunner

One could not be a successful Leftwinger without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of Leftwingers, a goodly number of Leftwingers are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid. Gunner Asch

And if you want to tack it together to verify fit, use some cleco's.

Wes

I saw Cleco pliers on the HF website the other day.

On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 04:23:06 +0000, Christopher Tidy wrote the following:

OK.

I didn't mean for you to take classes, just to take the project there and let them do it or borrow the setup from your colleague who might be in it.

In any case, I'm glad you got it done and have a new tool to show for it. That's all that counts, right? (Whether or not the project gets done is irrelevant; it's the new tools which count. ;)

-- The most powerful factors in the world are clear ideas in the minds of energetic men of good will. -- J. Arthur Thomson

This one looks the original for a Harbor Freight "clone" I bought a while back. It's the only thing I ever biught at H.F. that was a TOTAL piece of junk, and not reparable (reasonably). I usually EXPECT to re-work H.F. items, and I also expect to end up with somethign that's worth what I paid for it. I don't expect it to be great, but useable, especially for light-duty or occasional use. NOT this riveter.

The problem was with the riveter was the interchangeable nosepieces. They are SUPPOSED to adjust the mechanism of the device when inserted, changing the pull-length and "grab" diameter for the various sizes of rivets. Didn't work. Every time you changed noses, you had to diasssemble the entire device and manually adjust things. THEN it would work, with THAT size rivet ONLY. Switch rivets, and noses, and you had to take the thing apart again. I wasted WAY more time than it was worth fiddling with it. I finally scraped it, and bought a good heavy-duty pop-riveter (cost about $80, but works well).

This riveter remains the only H.F. item I've bought that WASN'T worth what it cost. I see other things there that I figure are junk, but I don't buy those.

I've generally had good luck with their power tools, with the above stated limitations. Plus, our students can break a nice Makita, Milwaukee, or DeWalt tool just as fast a H.F. cheapie! :-((

Dan Mitchell ============

The Marson Big Daddy riveter that I have pulls 3/16" stainless rivets reliably and as smooth as silk. It never gives me trouble. I've also used it on 1/4" rivets for car doors and it works well. I also have another large riveter branded "Tool Aid" similar to this one:

works pretty well, but it's not as smooth and easy as the Big Daddy. I know that it's hit and miss with HF tools. I'm trying to fix the shear on a 40" 3 in 1 roll/shear/brake that I picked up from craigslist.