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Old 04-27-2015, 07:49 PM
samiamPA samiamPA is offline
 
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Thanks again all. I will be meeting with a builder in the next week or so once we get schedules worked out, but figured I would provide an update.

I tried a bunch of rivets on scrap tonight and they looked great. I then tried going back to the spar, and was running into some of the same troubles. But I found that if I started the rivet squeeze with the manual squeezer, then the pneumatic would finish it off. It is almost as if contact with the rivet stem too early would cause it to stop squeezing. Has anyone heard of this?

FWIW it is an Avery squeezer that I bought second hand, barely used, from another builder.
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Old 04-27-2015, 08:09 PM
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Did you see this thread? Sounds like you need to open - yes, open - the gap a little bit.

http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...hlight=Squeeze
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Old 04-27-2015, 08:30 PM
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Default squeezing -4 rivets

Sometimes when squeezing -4 AD rivets with the pneumatic squeezer, I have to adjust the squeezer to squeeze them part way, then readjust to complete the squeeze in the second go around. Otherwise the squeezer would stall when trying to take it with one bite as the cam in the the squeezer wouldn't have enough leverage to do the job.

P. S. I get to PA occasionally to visit mother-in-law in Lititz, PA and would be happy to visit your project when I'm there if you still need help!
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Old 04-28-2015, 07:50 AM
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Did you see this thread? Sounds like you need to open - yes, open - the gap a little bit.

http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...hlight=Squeeze
Yep - this is the problem! Thanks!
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Old 04-28-2015, 08:01 AM
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Sometimes when squeezing -4 AD rivets with the pneumatic squeezer, I have to adjust the squeezer to squeeze them part way, then readjust to complete the squeeze in the second go around. Otherwise the squeezer would stall when trying to take it with one bite as the cam in the the squeezer wouldn't have enough leverage to do the job.

P. S. I get to PA occasionally to visit mother-in-law in Lititz, PA and would be happy to visit your project when I'm there if you still need help!
Also nailed it here.

And yes, please let me know if you are ever in the Lititz area, there is an open invite for any RV builder here!
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