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Old 03-16-2006, 03:35 PM
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I am assuming you get a big discount on your initail purchase. This is how I would do my initial purchase if I could do it again. You will get more tools than this but this is a good start. You asked so here goes:

1) Drop the expensive drill for a CH drill or two at Home Depot
2) Drop the left and right hand metal shears
3) Drop the puck edge roll bender (get the one made from vise grips at Cleveland)
4) Drop the Beehive for a quick change retaining spring
5) Drop the 360 hand pop rivet tool for a cheap one at Home Depot
6) Drop the pens for ones you can get locally
7) Add a single offset rivet set
8) Add the small Scothbright wheels and mandrel that you can put on your drill
9) Add the backrivet bucking bar and extra long back rivet set
10) Add the bolt gauge
11) Add the doube edge deburring tool
12) Add a second or third set of cleco pliers
13) Add a nut plate jig
14) Add a couple of wingnut clecoes of each size (40, 30, 20, 10)
15) Add the PG-13 Vans Airforce T-shirt
16) Drop the rivet tape

Stuff not offered that you will need and should get locally
1) Dremel with lots of attachments
2) A small file set with different shape files
3) Tape (Scotch, Blue masking, Duck/Duct, electrical)
4) Unibit/stepbit
5) Metel sheers
6) band saw
7) Die grinder
8) drill press
9) Vise

Good luck and good hunting
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Old 03-16-2006, 06:47 PM
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dont look just at avery web there is good guality tools at ustool.com their basic kit starts at 850 has all the clecos you need also good rivet gun and basicly all you will need for start ,the tools you will need which is not include this kit is c-frame and good rivet squeezer you can get that at cleveland for 525 not bad together 1375 or you can buy their rv tool kit for same price ,if you dont like ustool try theyardstore another cheap but good quality tool kit all the rivet guns especialy clones of cp works same i owned sioux but i wasnot happy, why reason is the springs are bigger diameter and set like swivel flush set with rubber doesnot fit so i bought cp clone and i think works better than sioux also i dont spend money on air drill i have one really good from jiffy new sells for 250 i bought it for 60 nice drill ,and also have one from ustool the mini one ,so its just up to you what you will choose ,my opinion is there is more vendors then you can imagine dont buy all tools from just one look also for some discounts and free shipping ,dont buy just 2 or 3 pieces of tools buy more you save on shipping good luck and good hunt
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Old 03-16-2006, 10:16 PM
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One thing you don't get with an electric drill: That great air drill sound and trigger feel. I really prefer the air drill to my cordless, but I guess it's different for all.
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