Hydraulic Rivet Squeezer

[Andy PughParticipant @andypugh44463]

I was faced with a lot of 3/16" steel rivets to install, many with very awkward access to the back, so I made a rivet squeezer out of a large, relatively cheap cable crimper from eBay.

I just finished putting 70+ rivets into a Ner-a-Car chassis. It was quite a long evening, but nothing like as long as it would have been had I been doing it by hand.

Write-up here: Hydraulic Rivet Squeezer

[Andy PughParticipant @andypugh44463]

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Very nice job, Andy

I would like to know more about your Ner-a-Car project

… will root around your blog.

MichaelG.

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

As the saying goes "Thats not a rivit squeezer….."

Looks interesting I'll have a better read later.

J

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 25/04/2014 07:24:19:

… will root around your blog.

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Great write-up, thanks for sharing.

MichaelG.

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P.S. … That lathe stand is a beauty.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 25/04/2014 08:10:48

[Ian ParkinParticipant @ianparkin39383]

You are doing great work on the ner a car

Have you a completion date?

Heres a pic of mine

and now

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[Andy PughParticipant @andypugh44463]

I will be happy if I can get mine looking as good as your "before" picture

I was expecting the restoration to take years, but it is going so well that it looks like it might run this summer…

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