skotl
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This is the riveter that exposed my stupidity over on https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/when-a-tool-makes-you-realise-how-stupid-you-are.142193/
Turns out it's actually a heck of a machine! Who knew that riveting could actually be fun?
It's branded as "Proster" which has a faintly Germanic ring to it but it's definitely a Chinese import. That said, it feels like a quality piece of kit, aside from the plastic rivet catcher - seems sturdy and the manual has an exploded parts diagram, which is always a bonus.
Available on Amazon for around £58 (slightly cheaper versions are on there, too), and also direct from the Proster site. I wouldn't be surprised, of course, if other random brands also sold the same device.
It comes with five nozzles covering 2.4, 3.2, 4, 4.8 and 6.4mm so should do most DIY or garage tasks. The manual is relatively poor, exploded parts diagram aside, and makes using the device seem way more complicated than it actually is.
Of course, it needs a compressor and it comes with a standard adapter (that caused much merriment on the other thread). One design flaw is that the adapter and therefore the hose extends straight out of the side of the base - I'd rather it was angled downwards, but a swivelling connector would sort that out.
It is quite air hungry with my 100l compressor kicking back in after around ten rivets.
In use, you simply insert a rivet as you would any manual gun, push the rivet into the metal and squeeze the trigger. On the 3.2mm rivets I was using a single pull squashed the rivet and decapitated it. Tilting the gun back should cause the stalk to fall into the plastic catcher, but half the time it ended up falling out the front of the gun - no biggie.
It's pretty silent in operation, other than a whoosh.
Using it is an absolute doddle and genuinely makes putting rivets in (something I've always hated doing) quite good fun.
At around £58 it's probably a bit of a luxury for a DIYer unless you have a ton of rivets to fix. But, if you do, then it's a fantastic bit of kit.
Turns out it's actually a heck of a machine! Who knew that riveting could actually be fun?
It's branded as "Proster" which has a faintly Germanic ring to it but it's definitely a Chinese import. That said, it feels like a quality piece of kit, aside from the plastic rivet catcher - seems sturdy and the manual has an exploded parts diagram, which is always a bonus.
Available on Amazon for around £58 (slightly cheaper versions are on there, too), and also direct from the Proster site. I wouldn't be surprised, of course, if other random brands also sold the same device.
It comes with five nozzles covering 2.4, 3.2, 4, 4.8 and 6.4mm so should do most DIY or garage tasks. The manual is relatively poor, exploded parts diagram aside, and makes using the device seem way more complicated than it actually is.
Of course, it needs a compressor and it comes with a standard adapter (that caused much merriment on the other thread). One design flaw is that the adapter and therefore the hose extends straight out of the side of the base - I'd rather it was angled downwards, but a swivelling connector would sort that out.
It is quite air hungry with my 100l compressor kicking back in after around ten rivets.
In use, you simply insert a rivet as you would any manual gun, push the rivet into the metal and squeeze the trigger. On the 3.2mm rivets I was using a single pull squashed the rivet and decapitated it. Tilting the gun back should cause the stalk to fall into the plastic catcher, but half the time it ended up falling out the front of the gun - no biggie.
It's pretty silent in operation, other than a whoosh.
Using it is an absolute doddle and genuinely makes putting rivets in (something I've always hated doing) quite good fun.
At around £58 it's probably a bit of a luxury for a DIYer unless you have a ton of rivets to fix. But, if you do, then it's a fantastic bit of kit.
