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Rivet guns - is there much to know? Just need one for some DIY jobs.
For pop rivets? How many are you doing? For small numbers, anything should be fine. For lots, beg, borrow or steal a compressor and get a pneumatic one. Doing 500+ pop rivets in a day with a manual tool might be good for the soul, but it's not good for having enough grip at the end of the day to unlock your front door.
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You only need the big scissor ones for bigger rivets.
Although they’re fun to use.
Lever pliers type work fine on small rivets but are less satisfying and the additional effort can leave you with kinda crooked rivets.
(My only real experience was replacing panels etc on a series 2 Land Rover - so much fun)
Brommers
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Rivet guns - is there much to know? Just need one for some DIY jobs.