Rivets

Ah, I see. But that would be called "damage" rather than "distortion"...

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Only the people who are out to slander you call it "damage". The people doing the work usually refer to it as "minor distortion" :-)

-- Cheers,

John B.

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I guess it all depends on whether it has to go back for re-work or not.

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Michael; For the two "pistol" type air tools. The silver tool (4X) is an aircraft riveter with a 0.104" bore for rivet sets. The red tool is more for chiseling pieces apart and also has a 0.104" bore, but for cutting tools. The red tool has more impact force and can damage materials being riveted.

The three inch "C" squeezer does use two rivet sets to compress rivets. One goes in the top of the "C" and is usually the head end of the rivet. The other set goes in the shaft above the handles to press the shank into a shop head.

Using an arbor press for riveting could work for smaller rivets, but it does not have a stop to keep a set gap. The squeezer's gap is adjusted by putting different height sets on the shank side of the riveter to get the correct shop head height and diameter. With the shaft having a fixed travel, each riviet will have the same amount of compression. The arbor press cannot do that unless its travel is limeted to "X" gap and the difference is adjusted in a similar manner to the "C" squeezer.

Hope this helps. S.E.Schro

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