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rivet removal tool
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:43 pm
by glenn654
I am considering buying a rivet removal tool.......especially for use removing blind rivets. Does anyone have any experinece with this tool, is it any good or a waste of money?
glenn654
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:48 pm
by Spike
I have a guy at my local EAA chapter thatis restoring an Ercoupe and swears by those rivet removal tools. He says that it gets you to the center of a 470 rivet every time.
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:45 pm
by tshort
I have one - from yardstore.com
It is great for button head rivets ... works perfectly.
It is basically a c'sink stop with a fitting that goes around the head of the rivet and then an appropriately sized drill.
Of course, I never have to use it!
Thomas
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:02 pm
by glenn654
Is it of any help to remove blind rivets to keep them from spinning?
Or for accurate centering when removing a flush rivet?
Glenn654
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 3:46 pm
by Spike
Not that I know of. They are best for 470 rivets.
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:49 pm
by tshort
I thought I might use it for the blind rivets that held the baggage compartment floor in on my QB ... but they came out really easily with just a drill bit in the center (the hole in the middle where the mandrel pulls out really helps center the drill). Of course, those were soft rivets, not steel / structural blind rivets...
T.