Don’t need to do a lot of pulled rivets but my hands are barking at me. eBay has several inexpensive which I’m sure are made in China but are they worth a flip?
Regarding riveters however, I've been frustrated enough by pneumatic riveters over the years. The good ones are the same price as the 12v Milwaukee pop riveter, and being already invested in the Milwaukee infrastructure, I went that route. It's a fantastic tool. Fast, reliable, and no cord to drag around the shop.
I just got one of those, and it does a really nice job pulling rivets. I'm not happy with the mandrel retention though. It doesn't eject into the container unless I use an oversize nosepiece and tilt the tool back so it slides into the container. I thought it would pull it all the way through and eject automatically.
Does yours work the same way?
Mine ejects into the little holder reliably, but it's true that it's more reliable in some positions than others. I usually leave that black container off which makes it less cumbersome in tight quarters.
I mostly use it with the black container off, and my recollection is that ejects the mandrel straight up and out, and pretty reliably. It's unusual, but not unheard of, that I've had to pluck the mandrel out when using the thing nose down.
I just got one of those, and it does a really nice job pulling rivets. I'm not happy with the mandrel retention though. It doesn't eject into the container unless I use an oversize nosepiece and tilt the tool back so it slides into the container. I thought it would pull it all the way through and eject automatically.
Does yours work the same way?
Don’t need to do a lot of pulled rivets but my hands are barking at me. eBay has several inexpensive which I’m sure are made in China but are they worth a flip?