![]() The $200-ish price for the Amazon pneumatic setting tool was 100% worth the price for me, both for avoiding strain on my wrists and because it's small enough to work in tight areas. ![]() By simply removing 3 pins you can change the yoke to match your riveting or dimpling application. Yoke is made of the highest quality tool steel. ![]() I have a decent manual setter (looks very much like the Astro 1423 above, with different branding), but you need a lot more clearance and leverage to operate a manual tool like that, and 7/10 times I'm using a riv-nut, it's because I'm putting a blind fastener in a harder-to-reach spot. All-steel construction, adjustable set holder (accepts all sets with 3/16 shank), and long handles for increased force. The Harbor Freight one was $50 well spent and it has pulled hundreds if not thousands without fail. I'll bust out the manual popper for a onesie if I'm working on something in my workshed (away from the air supply in my garage), but any more than that and I'll haul the project to the garage and use the air popper. Pop-Rivet tools are one of the things that can really set me off - numbness and swelling for days. After 25 years flying a keyboard, I've learned to be careful about RSIs in my wrists. SKU: 28144 MFG: 330012 Categories: Rivets, Rivets - Tools - Hardware Tag: Rivet Brand: Aircraft Spruce Aircraft. If you'll be doing more than ~5-10, I'd rather use a cheap pneumatic setter. 5-piece, consisting of rivet sets for 3/32, 1/8 and 5/32' AN470 rivets, and one flat set. My primary recommendation is to make a guess at how many rivets you'll need to set in a day.
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