Can anyone recommend a riveter for use on playfield plastics etc ?
Thats great thank youPintonka Restoration Set —Semi Tubular Rivet Tool — Tonka Pinball Coleman Repair | eBay
ThePintonka Rivet Tool makes tubular rivet setting easy and is the affordable way to give your projects a factory original look. Here's why These high quality dies from Hanson Rivet are reversible in the tool allowing you to install the rivet with the head inside or outside the work — whichever...www.ebay.co.uk
No worries it's not cheap but you'll get everything you need including the rivets.Thats great thank you
Been using mine fine on various plastics and metals a like. The tubular rivets clamp fine and tight. Also can apply whatever pressure you need to do it gradually. So for instance you are less likely to crack plastics from too much pressure.Do these work on metal ramp rivets as I was warned they were limited in the amount of pressure you could apply. Though, I know some are using the die with a mallet.
I went down the route of modifying a 1 ton arbor press.
But you still need the die to compress the rivets and to modify it, just drill a hole for the die in the two sides of the press.Clarke AP1000 1 Ton Arbor Press - Machine Mart - Machine Mart
www.machinemart.co.uk
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As @M4carp says honestly it's just better.@s000m, as you have used both Is this kit on par, better or worse?
Took me 30 minutes to modify the press, so it wasn't a hard job if you have the tools, the key to me was having locally sourced parts as I hate the wait for stuff from the US.
The dies I have are from CPC, but I can't find them on their site, though I do have a spare set. I do wonder if there are better dies out there I could modify to fit my press.
Where do you get extra rivets for this, Scott?Pintonka Restoration Set —Semi Tubular Rivet Tool — Tonka Pinball Coleman Repair | eBay
ThePintonka Rivet Tool makes tubular rivet setting easy and is the affordable way to give your projects a factory original look. Here's why These high quality dies from Hanson Rivet are reversible in the tool allowing you to install the rivet with the head inside or outside the work — whichever...www.ebay.co.uk
@David retro can sort you extra rivets.Where do you get extra rivets for this, Scott?
We have these in stockWhere do you get extra rivets for this, Scott?