OT: Pnuematic Pop Rivet Gun ?

Thanks Morris. I've had a few not so good experiences with central
pneumatic stuff so have shy'd away. They told me they'd give me one
to try for a few days so we'll see what happens.

Thanks,

Aslan wrote:

> I need to get a pneumatic gun. Mostly steel shank/alum body
> rivets. My uncle use to have a PRG510 that worked great.
> These run about $250 new and the only ones on ebay recently
> were missing the rubber safety boot.
>
> Can anyone recommend other alternatives. EG, are Huck or
> Cherry (avdel?) OK? Any recommendations on a forum or
> newsgroup for these?

Aslan...

I bought the less expensive of the two models sold by harbor
freight and, although it works, I'm less than completely happy
with it since about two thirds of the time it requires two cycles
to pop the rivit. Their more expensive model looks like a twin to
the gun that a friend bought at Northern Hydraulics and used to
build his airplane - and reported that it works quite well. He
bought his for about US$90 (my semi-satisfactory gun was on sale
for about US$70.)

It might be worth taking a pocket full of rivets and a
well-drilled plywood scrap with you when you go shopping so you
can try 'em out.

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Morris Dovey
DeSoto, Iowa USA