Rivet Gun

[David Lynch]

Any hints for using Manual rivet gun to fit Durable Dot bases. Head of my Stanley Rivet gun is too big a diameter so rivet head doesn't sink into base as it should.

Tiny washers or nut temporarily between gun and rivet

 

Ta, David

 

I must remember that I'm in public

[rj]

I usually use a nut.

 

Otherwise I turn out little brass spacers, but I tend to loose approximately one per rivet!

[akakubi]

I use Draper that seemed to work fine with the rivets. It comes with three interchangeable heads for different size rivets. The heads were narrow enough to fit the dot bases.

[The Polisher]

 

Stanley havn't quite got it right..........Nozzle head too big for poppers and you need hands the size of shovels

 

Dave H.

Mad about S77ENS

[SLR No.77]

I usually use 1 or 2 M3 nuts over the rivet, works fine Just make sure you watch where the nuts disappear to when the rivet nail breaks

 

Stu.

 

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[David Lynch]

Stanley havn't quite got it right..........Nozzle head too big for poppers and you need hands the size of shovels

😬 ...and the pain of manually rivetting under the floor . Thanks all

 

I must remember that I'm in public

[JACK FLASH]

Guys,

 

It is possible to fit the bases - I think they are also called studs - for the fasteners with screws. I bought SS metal screws with fine thread and a small head and I drilled the holes in the body just a little bit too small for these srews.

 

Afterwards you enlarge the holes a little bit with a tool, if necessary, and you can put in the screws. With this system it is very easy to take off the bases if you want, you do not have to use a drill and there are no left-overs from the rivets in the tubes when you drill them out.

 

 

Jack Flash

[millsn]

I used m3 washers between popper and gun. Tthey do have an annoying tendency to get permanently attached to the popper though. Here's hoping they don't rust