Hi,
I'm sorry, this is probably off topic from RV building in the sense that I'm probably going to build my own (real) airplane. However, when trying to find more information about rivet squeezers this forum comes up time and time again so I hope my question(s) are ok anyway!
A while ago I got a chance to buy some tooling that used to belong to a now defunct Norwegian manufacturer that did work as part of the "trade agreement" when the Norwegian Airforce bought all their F16 aircrafts, so in return some of the parts for the aircrafts were made in Norway and exported to the US. Anyway, they guy I visited was retiring and cleaning out his garage and he sold me 4 Chicago Pneumatic 214 rivet squeezers and a cardboard box of rivets. I'm not sure where to start. All the rivets are ones that would need to be annealed and I don't have that capability in my garage at the moment. So my plan is to order some softer rivets from the US to learn with. Now, I didn't get any sets except then what's on there so the first question is, do the adjustable rams I've seen for sale fit the CP 214? If so I guess that would be good start as well because I have no idea what material thickness and which of the rivets in the box was used with which yoke/set. Any suggestions for a set of sets that are ok and not too expensive?
This is just a skill that looks like fun to learn the basics off, and any real life usage will be cosmetic / non-critical applications.
Moderator: feel free to remove this if it's too off topic / silly or you're sick of non-rv builders posting here.
I'm sorry, this is probably off topic from RV building in the sense that I'm probably going to build my own (real) airplane. However, when trying to find more information about rivet squeezers this forum comes up time and time again so I hope my question(s) are ok anyway!
A while ago I got a chance to buy some tooling that used to belong to a now defunct Norwegian manufacturer that did work as part of the "trade agreement" when the Norwegian Airforce bought all their F16 aircrafts, so in return some of the parts for the aircrafts were made in Norway and exported to the US. Anyway, they guy I visited was retiring and cleaning out his garage and he sold me 4 Chicago Pneumatic 214 rivet squeezers and a cardboard box of rivets. I'm not sure where to start. All the rivets are ones that would need to be annealed and I don't have that capability in my garage at the moment. So my plan is to order some softer rivets from the US to learn with. Now, I didn't get any sets except then what's on there so the first question is, do the adjustable rams I've seen for sale fit the CP 214? If so I guess that would be good start as well because I have no idea what material thickness and which of the rivets in the box was used with which yoke/set. Any suggestions for a set of sets that are ok and not too expensive?
This is just a skill that looks like fun to learn the basics off, and any real life usage will be cosmetic / non-critical applications.
Moderator: feel free to remove this if it's too off topic / silly or you're sick of non-rv builders posting here.
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