Pneumatic rivet puller?
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 6:23 pm
Hey all!
After a two month, unplanned, gap in construction due to school/work/baby,
I've finally finished the tail kit today! Put the finishing touches on the
elevator horn mod and trim tab horn reinforcements this afternoon, and now
the epoxy is curing.
Unfortunately, I had to pull the last 100-ish rivets by hand due to my
pneumatic puller not gripping the mandrels. I've cleaned the mechanism,
pulled the nose piece off the puller, adjusted/cleaned the jaws, but nothing
seems to work. Anybody have a similar experience?
I've searched the archives, but seems like more people have had the opposite
problem of the puller not letting go.
This is the standard blue gun that the original builder got with the aircraft
from MAM back in 2001. No serial/model number to be found anywhere.
On the bright side, if I can't get it to pull again I've got a Harbor Freight Tools
a few blocks form me. They've got a similar generic blue puller for about $38.
Thanks for any tips you may have.
Kory "Flex" Klismith
678E
Tucson, Arizona
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After a two month, unplanned, gap in construction due to school/work/baby,
I've finally finished the tail kit today! Put the finishing touches on the
elevator horn mod and trim tab horn reinforcements this afternoon, and now
the epoxy is curing.
Unfortunately, I had to pull the last 100-ish rivets by hand due to my
pneumatic puller not gripping the mandrels. I've cleaned the mechanism,
pulled the nose piece off the puller, adjusted/cleaned the jaws, but nothing
seems to work. Anybody have a similar experience?
I've searched the archives, but seems like more people have had the opposite
problem of the puller not letting go.
This is the standard blue gun that the original builder got with the aircraft
from MAM back in 2001. No serial/model number to be found anywhere.
On the bright side, if I can't get it to pull again I've got a Harbor Freight Tools
a few blocks form me. They've got a similar generic blue puller for about $38.
Thanks for any tips you may have.
Kory "Flex" Klismith
678E
Tucson, Arizona
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