JeffR Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 I've been rebuilding the bonnet on the Defender, lots of pop rivets.... My long arm riveter went up in flames, my air riveter is undergoing a rebuild after it took to jumping of the workbench so I was left with a 1970's vintage hand powered job that definitely seen better days. So I took a punt on this for £7.99: It arrived, so off to the garage to play with it went I. Used a little 12v drill to power it and got a huge surprise, its fantastic. Half a box of rivets later and I am asking myself how did I live without one.... Yes its irritating removing the stem (put drill in reverse), but thats the only fault. Not sure how long it will last, but for less than a tenner... Oh and my forearms love me again 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallfry Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Erm. how can a long arm riveter go up in flames ???? Forearms like Popeye then ? 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffR Posted August 22, 2021 Author Share Posted August 22, 2021 22 hours ago, smallfry said: Erm. how can a long arm riveter go up in flames ???? Forearms like Popeye then ? 😄 Some person of doubtful parentage torched the workshop... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romahomepete Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Do you have a link to where you bought it from? Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missingsid Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 On 8/15/2021 at 1:57 PM, JeffR said: I've been rebuilding the bonnet on the Defender, lots of pop rivets.... My long arm riveter went up in flames, my air riveter is undergoing a rebuild after it took to jumping of the workbench so I was left with a 1970's vintage hand powered job that definitely seen better days. So I took a punt on this for £7.99: It arrived, so off to the garage to play with it went I. Used a little 12v drill to power it and got a huge surprise, its fantastic. Half a box of rivets later and I am asking myself how did I live without one.... Yes its irritating removing the stem (put drill in reverse), but thats the only fault. Not sure how long it will last, but for less than a tenner... Oh and my forearms love me again Can't you twist it backwards by hand or is it too awkward or hard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffR Posted August 23, 2021 Author Share Posted August 23, 2021 You can do it by hand, but much quicker in drill. Tried it inch long rivets and it did them in one go. Like i said for less than a tenner I don't know how long it will last, but it works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffR Posted August 23, 2021 Author Share Posted August 23, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, Romahomepete said: Do you have a link to where you bought it from? Peter https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/373479802970, £7.99 ! There are loads of em on ebay, some cheaper Edited August 23, 2021 by JeffR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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