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4x rivet gun

Unread post by RyanB » Mon Aug 27, 2018 11:40 am

Hi Guys

Does anyone have a 4x rivet gun and bucking bar that they would be willing to rent out for a few days?

Need to set the 3/16 rivets in my spar and need a big gun😄

Thank you
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Re: 4x rivet gun

Unread post by Chalkie » Tue Aug 28, 2018 7:19 pm

A 3 x rivet gun should do the job. I used a friend's hydraulic squeezer on the RV-6 spar. He gave me the metal structure for the squeezer but not the hydraulic pump and cylinder. If that will help you are welcome to PM.

If the rivets are too hard, do NOT anneal them. Buy fresh new ones.
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