Air Powered Pop Riveter

[Guest gavinc]

Hi seem to keep breaking cheap hand riveters.

 

have a compresoor in the garage so tempted to buy an air riveter...

 

after advice on what to or not to buy..

 

the compressor is only small not sure on output

 

but have used it to run air hacksaw no problem.

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-PROFESSIONAL-AIR...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

cheers

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Gavinc

I got this 1 a while back and have had no problems, Run it of a tiny comp. Just have to wait a few seconds for the pressure to build up. Just wish I'd got it at the start of the build

http://www.axminster.co.uk/product-Axminst...r-Kit-23073.htm

 

Steve

[Guest chris brown]

If you can run a hacksaw then you will be able to run any of the pop riveters just go for one that will suit you remembering some are rather bulky (air charge tank) so are difficult to get into tight corners

[Guest 2Bornot2B]

I bought a Clarke one a couple of years ago, they sell them at Machine Mart, it'd been great. If you take off the plastic bit that catches the used rivet stems, it fits in most places.

[Guest elwe]

Most cheap air riveters aren't rated to handle stainless rivets. I had been having problems with the hand ones (culminating is a trip to hospital with a suspected fractured finger). I think the jaws that grip the mandrel were too soft for stainless rivets because they stopped gripping properly.

 

Aware of this potential issue I looked carefully for an air riveter. The cheapest one I could find that was rated for stainless rivets (up to 4.8mm) was a Sealey SA312. I managed to find an ex demo one on ebay for £40 which was a great deal as the RRP is £120. Its a great tool, it makes riveting very easy and a *lot* of fun. I love the sound it makes: BANG, woosh.

 

I have a 3HP compressor with a 25 litre tank. I can put in a lot of rivets off a full tank.

[Guest ScotMac]

Most the air riveters i have seen have pretty much exactly the same design. The main thing is to get one large /strong enough to handle the rivets you'll be using. Either aluminum or SS, and the size. For example, us l/w'ers must have one that handle atleast up to 1/4" (the first one you listed only handles to 3/16"). In fact, i initially bought one like that for my l/w, and forced it to rivet the larger rivets. It somewhat worked...i only had to take it apart three times to get stray mandrels out of it. ;-) Now have a substantially larger one that i'm using to rivet even larger rivets, and it has yet to have a problem.

 

-Scot

[Guest gavinc]

ok thanks for your replies...

 

building a superspec so not 100's of rivets to do..

 

just getting lazy i suppose..

[Guest DRC7]

I used the red one from machine mart for my lightweight and mk indy never had any problems with it 6mm rivets in the lightweight i used 750 before i sold it

[Guest hotversiond]

Just got one off the bay,£28 same one an m/mart are £50 odd,works well!