123hotchef
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I saw these in Lidl yesterday come with 3 year warranty too.
I resisted temptation though!
I resisted temptation though!
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not sure regretting it now I may pop in on the way home from work!
I really like them. I've got a Nielsen branded one (Tool stall special) which is as cheap and nasty a brand as they come. Works fine. They are a really useful tool which save your hands. They make a satisfying clonk noise too. Works fine with a 24l compressor. Pick one up.
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going now
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Usefull addition but these days I would ask myself how many rivets have I put in in the last 6 months or a year. The answer is about 10.
Then I would probably go buy one anyway and not find it the one time a year that I need to use it
Then I would probably go buy one anyway and not find it the one time a year that I need to use it
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You supplying the rivets too ?Will send a couple of small sheets with pre drilled holes Parmno need to feel bad then
I grabbed a couple of the distribution blocks, hopefully I can reuse the fittings to add more fixed outlets around my garage. If not it's only 8 quid wasted.
Was almost tempted by the 20m hose for 15 quid but it's that plastic type that you end up fighting with so I resisted, I much prefer rubber.
Was almost tempted by the 20m hose for 15 quid but it's that plastic type that you end up fighting with so I resisted, I much prefer rubber.
I've got one of them, and its such a faff to roll up, I used it get air from one shed to the other. I have an outlet ready to go to plug something in for blowing up van tyres and such but I'm going to wait for the Aldi self winding one..
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i didnt make it! I will check monday I am sure they will not sell out by then like Parm though I only rivit stuff to the truck when it falls off once in a blue moon
If you ain't got one then get one, if you already have one then get another as a spare/better than the one you have
It either has to be cheap rubbish or out of my price range for me to resist.
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^^ Ditto
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I have one (ebay) - im sure it wasnt that much, and i suspect theyre all made in the same factory in china....
They are good for getting the rivets in square / neatly. Obviously the rivet pulls the metal into place anyhow, but i find that, with a hand one, youre putting a load of effort in, and its easy to go off at an angle. With the air one, its just done when you pull the trigger.
I purchased one on the recommendation i received here, and, as above, am happy with it.
They are good for getting the rivets in square / neatly. Obviously the rivet pulls the metal into place anyhow, but i find that, with a hand one, youre putting a load of effort in, and its easy to go off at an angle. With the air one, its just done when you pull the trigger.
I purchased one on the recommendation i received here, and, as above, am happy with it.
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I just use a lazy tong riveter I'm not exactly building aircraft 
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I have an Ebay one as well, about £25 or so a couple of years ago, I bought it for one job with the attitude that it was disposable, its done thousands of 3/16 rivets and next week will be doing a thousand more, if it breaks I'll just buy another, I remember buying one many years ago when I worked for a company, cant remember if it was advel or tucker, but it cost 500 quid and I needed a capital approval chit from the boss to get it.
