Thread: Hand riveters

How about one of the kinchrome ones from bunnings? I'd think it would be better than run of the mill chinese rivet guns and last I looked it was about $50.

I'm using a tiny chinese one right now, I cant wait till I get my 15A point installed so I can use the air rivet gun (stole my dads old one )

I use a Lobster brand set that have lasted me about 10 years so far with fairly heavy use. A mate of mine has a pair of POP brand riveting pliers that he has had for 20 years and still going strong.

Cheers

I use Spurway Cooke riveters exclusively. I have 2 sets of SC-1's a set of ST-25 and set of concertina pliers. I've pulled 1000's of rivets with these and even 3/16" Alum rivets with the SC-1.

After a bit of a google search it appears they are no longer available from what I can see. Spurway Cooke are now based in Singapore and it appears the don't sell the pliers now. That's a pity because I think they are the best pliers made and I used them exclusively when I was contracting in the window business and the building shed business.

What size rivets are talking about? for 1/8" or whatever they are in mm you will find almost all sheet metalworkers use POP brand which you will usualy only get at engineers supplies. You will get many thousands of them before you have to replace the jaws. For 3/16 as Barry says, Cookies.
My fist pair I had for 25 plus years and even then it was only the jaws that went and they had changed to a new model. Current pair are about 6years old.

i would get a kingchrome one or a simmilar brand, look for a high torque one.

Originally Posted by johncee1945

The second a Stanley smaller hand riveter went just over a year and 70 rivets, getting a rivet stuck up inside the cutoff mechanism. Which after two hours of trying to free it, I gave up.

Does it have a slotted hollow screw at the opposite end from the jaws? Many hand rivetters do, and they can be undone, releasing all the internal parts and the stuck pin.

Jordan

After the good US brand I had got pinched after years of use and the China replacement one broke the jaws pulling it's first rivet....retailer accusing me of not knowing how to pull a rivet!!....went with a Gesipa, which is still going strong - touch wood. Toolfix over in Meadowbank sell them.

Hi all
The kinchrome one I got did not last very long 200 or 300 hunderd and they would not
replace it , 3 or 4 months old.... alot of kinchrome tools are very good.not this one????
Tony

Originally Posted by antoni

Hi all
The kinchrome one I got did not last very long 200 or 300 hunderd and they would not
replace it , 3 or 4 months old.... alot of kinchrome tools are very good.not this one????
Tony

Was that bunnings? bunnings from experience have an excellent return policy.

Also doesnt kinchrome have a warranty?

I built a steel framed shed and riveted the framing together. Used about a thousand steel 6 - 4 rivets. Snapped the handle off my first Marson riveter with the aid of a length of pipe.. Then I bought the steel Fascor and the Spiralux, both second hand, both unbeatable.

The replacement Marson Klik - Fast has been used on all my roofs. No pipework.

BT

I too can vouch for Gesipa brand riveters. I have one of their cordless jobbies. Pulled about 10 000 3/16 rivets so far and not a single problem. I build self storage and it is not uncommon to have 150 - 200 swing doors to hang. Each door has 12 rivets as hinge fixings.

I havn't tried their hand riveters but I would be surprised if they wern't every bit as good.

Cheers

Just bought a Kinchrome model ($28) from Bunnings. On par with the Stanley one it replaced - take that as you will !!!!!!!!!

There's nothing special about a Stanley anything these days - just OK I reckon.

Jordan

One exception might be their 8 metre Fat Max tape. Great reach but you need to watch out when they retract. Not much else I'd bother with that Stanley makes now.