On older pneumatic squeezers Chicago Pneumatic installed a stroke limiter (short stroke pin) as someone has referred to above. It limited the return of the set holder. It's for use in a production environment where they were squeezing thousands of the same rivets on a part. Once you set the tool up ...

You might find some interesting information at the following link:

http://rvimg.com/MIL-R-47196A_MI.pdf

If you ever watch old History/Discovery Channel films of Spitfires being manufactured in WWII, installing the double universal head rivet was a common practice on the aircraft.

They make dressing stones to dress aluminum oxide and other types of grinding wheels. Our experience is that they work very well on the scotchbrite wheels and are very inexpensive, i.e., $7.50 range.

A number of people seem to have come to the same conclusion, but, just a suggestion, you might want to start with the tool manuals themselves. Based on our experience, rivet guns, drill motors, pneumatic squeezers, etc., etc., all call for a minimum 1/4" ID hose to obtain proper operation. The "typi...

It's not often that we post directly into different user groups. However, one of our customers suggested we look at the thread on pneumatic squeezers, yokes, etc. What we're posting is factual in nature, so we're going to try to omit any personal opinions, vague generalizations, misinformation, disi...

A builder finished his left wing and began on the right wing. He used the same techniques on the right wing that he used on the left wing. The dimple dies were the same, the drill bits were of the same size and manufacturer, and the rivet types and sizes were the same. However, the finished rivets o...