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Chicago Pneumatic CP-450 EA Compression Riveter

HFS

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I know this is a long shot - but I'll try it here anyway.

I have just come into the possession of a Chicago Pneumatic CP-450 EA Compression Riveter, and am in need of an Operating Manual and/or Parts Manual.

Anybody out there know where I might go to look for such a thing.

For those of you not familiar with this "beast", here are the particulars:

Throat Depth: 36"

Throat Height: 8"

Maximum Axial Force: 24,000 lbs (not a typo!)

Weight: 3200 lbs (another - not a typo!)

Maximum Operating Temperature: 800*F (For hot dimpling)

I "rescued" it on its way to the salvage yard for the cost of $0.00.

Any help or direction is appreciated.

Almost forgot - It came out of Lockheed many moons ago.

HFS
 
CP-450 EA

Hot dimpling is one of its options - for "brittle" materials like magnesium or even 7075 Al
 
CP-450 EA

It's hard to imagine, in this day and age, that anyone in corporate America would bother to search their archives for the info I requested.

But that is exactly what a lovely lady at the Chicago Pneumatic home office did - she sent me the entire operating and parts manual for this archaic riveting yoke.

Amazing!

HFS
 
It's hard to imagine, in this day and age, that anyone in corporate America would bother to search their archives for the info I requested.

But that is exactly what a lovely lady at the Chicago Pneumatic home office did - she sent me the entire operating and parts manual for this archaic riveting yoke.

Amazing!

HFS

Hey do you still have that? I just got one myself.
 
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