marktheherald Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 I have a quantity of pop rivets to install and am suffering from a rather weak wrist, (no jokes, please) which makes using a standard pop rivet gun painful. Does any one have experience of the air driven ones and would a £50 budget get me a reliable one? The lazy tong variety may be too awkward, space wise... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedTaylor Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 I've got one somewhere. If I can find it you are welcome to borrow it ........but IF I can find it!MUT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bonnett Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Mark, I can thoroughly recommend an air rivet gun. I bought one some years ago to rivet the floor in on a Silva Phoenix; hundreds of them. Worth every penny and they can cope with stainless rivets with ease. I bought one from Azminster Power Tools and at that time it was about fifty pounds. A bit more now but a great bit of kit.http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-r15-air-riveter-kit-800435cheersJohn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marktheherald Posted May 31, 2017 Author Share Posted May 31, 2017 I am very tempted by the cordless drill attachment type. Not then restricted to compressor range... Some on ebay, probably Chinese... Further investigation has revealed that the cheaper ones only handle steel rivets up to 4.0mm. Iv'e gone for a more expensive one that will handle up to 4.8 mm steel and stainless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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