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caapt 12-18-2013 05:29 PM

Riveters Elbow
 
Just diagnosed. Also known as tennis elbow. No rivet gunning for 2 week, or more. Any advice for the next time?

Andrew M 12-18-2013 05:42 PM

I feel your pain
 
Either use a recoil-less rivet gun or get a goose neck gun. Ibuprofen helps. Going under the knife might be an option. I have a goose neck gun that keeps my hand directly behind the set. I can also swap hands. My left arm is in a little better shape. Photo of goose neck number 34 in signature

MarkW 12-18-2013 06:00 PM

I think this May be a common problem for some of us. I got tennis elbow after about 8months of riveting. I remember Smitty talking about the same problem.

Kyle Boatright 12-18-2013 06:40 PM

Excessive clecoing gave me problems back in the day. I learned to cleco left handed or at least alternate...

bret 12-18-2013 06:44 PM

I had this last year fron cleco plyers, took six mo to heal, very painfull!

BillL 12-18-2013 07:17 PM

Do you grip the gun that hard that is rattles the elbow joint? Not a fact based comment, but would a softer grip still drive the rivets? Usually it is my wrist that gets me not the elbow.

It might sound clever to use the other hand. Maybe not too practical.

dbaflyer 12-18-2013 07:48 PM

similar here, but diagnosed as bursitis. My elbows would get read and swollen. Most riveting was Ok, but when I had to reach excessively (solo rivet bottom wing skins) it caused me issues. Had to take a couple weeks off and do other work on the finish kit. Finally got the bottom skins done though. Very glad about that.

PCHunt 12-19-2013 03:05 AM

I have always been under the impression that the main reason for tennis/riveter elbow was squeezing too tightly on the grip, instead of pushing hard into the rivet.

Back in the day, when I had tennis elbow from actually playing tennis and racquetball, I was advised to not squeeze the "pi$$" out of the grips.

YMMV, and I am not an MD, nor do I play one on TV. No medical advice intended.:rolleyes:

rzbill 12-19-2013 04:30 AM

Hand your wife the gun and say "I'll do the hard part bucking on the inside"

Diane did an excellent job on our 7A :D

Tonard Bales 12-19-2013 04:34 AM

Tennis Elbow
 
I have had Tennis Elbow several times in my life. Acupuncture treatments helped me heal more quickly.


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