Thanks Ken. I went out today, got all the pieces, parts and accessories out
and was comparing the two riveters I have. The other one is a Jet. I've
been oiling my CP through the air inlet. Today, with a little examination I
found the oil fill on top. Since I have no literature I'm not sure whether
that's for normal oiling or what. My tip was a little too large for the
rivets and I took a smaller one and drilled it out to the 1/8" size. There
are two of the hollow cylinders where the jaws go and I found that they are
sized for certain rivets. I installed the one for smaller rivets. It
seemed to work well and I pulled 5 with smooth results.
Changing gears somewhat, tomorrow I'll but some flat skin pcs to use in my
fin remake. I work for the fire dept and our city shop has a brake and one
of the mechanics there told me he could make a slight crease that was
repeatable. I hope he's right.
Ken, your rebel looks great. I like the yellow. My wife saw one of Bob P's
old paint schemes and is pulling for that instead. I tried to tell her that
it wasn't an alaska paint scheme...more like the Bahamas. Come to think of
it, maybe that's why she likes it!
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From:
mike.davis@dcsol.com [mailto:
mike.davis@dcsol.com] On Behalf Of Ken
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 3:06 PM
To:
rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Subject: Re: [rebel-builders] Riveting Question
Craig
The guys are referring to oil in the internal closed hydraulic cylinder.
The air piston is mechanically linked to a hydraulic piston that then
pulls the mandrel. You only have access to that oil if you disassemble
the puller and you seldom if ever will need to adjust it. It has no
relation to the oil you put in the air intake to lubricate the air piston.
Lower air pressure seems to give better results. I use a cheap inline
regulator to drop the pressure to about 40 psi or just enough to pull
the rivet and break the mandrel.
Chances are good that you can ignore all of this and just use the
smallest nosepiece that the mandrel will fit in easilly.
Ken
Craig Walls wrote:
Thanks to everyone who offered rivet solutions. I have some things to
check. I don't have any paperwork on the CP riveter. My compressor
cycles
@ 125-90 psi which I'd think would be good. I'll check for some stats
online. If anything I might have too much oil in the gun. I'm pretty
anal
about oiling all the tools. Onward. CW
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