Author: rstonge@... Time: Thu Aug 16, 2001 10:46 am PDT Link
I am about to start my emp kit and ordered two hand squeezers to
compare. I have the TASCO 2" from Avery and the Heavy-Duty one
available from US Tool with both a 2" and 3" jaw. The TASCO seems
easier to use due to it being light weight, however, I am afraid I
may need the heavier one for the larger rivets? Any words of wisdom?
Thanks
Author: "Doug Reeves" <vansairforce@...> Time: Thu Aug 16, 2001 11:10 am PDT Link
Send everything back and order a pneumatic squeezer <grin>.
Seriously, I think I've used my hand squeezer twice on the tail, wing
& fuse kit of my RV-6. I want to be buried with my pneumatic.
I can't speak for everyone, but I bet the VAST majority of people
would prefer to have one in leu of the hand model. At least IMHO
it's worth the $$$.
Doug
--- In RV7and7A@y..., rstonge@a... wrote:
>
> I am about to start my emp kit and ordered two hand squeezers to
> compare. I have the TASCO 2" from Avery and the Heavy-Duty one
> available from US Tool with both a 2" and 3" jaw. The TASCO seems
> easier to use due to it being light weight, however, I am afraid I
> may need the heavier one for the larger rivets? Any words of
wisdom?
>
> Thanks
Author: Dan Masys <dmasys@...> Time: Thu Aug 16, 2001 11:19 am PDT Link
At 05:45 PM 8/16/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>I am about to start my emp kit and ordered two hand squeezers to
>compare. I have the TASCO 2" from Avery and the Heavy-Duty one
>available from US Tool with both a 2" and 3" jaw. The TASCO seems
>easier to use due to it being light weight, however, I am afraid I
>may need the heavier one for the larger rivets? Any words of wisdom?
I used the TATCO squeezer at the RV building workshop last weekend, and it
is light and smooth, but has short handles so that squeezing 1/8 inch
rivets is quite a job. I have the Avery squeezer which is larger, heavier
and equally smooth in its ergonomics and lever action, but it can't get
into tight corners (e.g., trailing edges of control surfaces) like the
TATCO can. Even the Avery is not pleasant for squeezing 1/8 rivets-- takes
a lot of muscle, and while you're pressing hard it's easy to make a
malformed shop head by moving the squeezer at the wrong time. As a result
I just drive and buck the 1/8th rivets instead of trying to squeeze them.
As others have said, since you're going to have to learn to rivet with the
gun anyway, might as well use it on the big rivets as the preferred
method. Just make sure you have the workpiece clamped so it doesn't jump
when you bang & buck in those big ones.
Dan Masys
RV7A N868DM (reserved) riveting HS skins, San Diego, CA
Author: bandit1702@... Time: Fri Aug 17, 2001 7:36 am PDT Link
--- In RV7and7A@y..., rstonge@a... wrote:
>
> I am about to start my emp kit and ordered two hand squeezers to
> compare. I have the TASCO 2" from Avery and the Heavy-Duty one
> available from US Tool with both a 2" and 3" jaw. The TASCO seems
> easier to use due to it being light weight, however, I am afraid I
> may need the heavier one for the larger rivets? Any words of
wisdom?
>
> Thanks
Based upon what I'm reading here regarding recommendations and the
experiences of builders, you may want to look into a new rivet
squeezing tool being sold by Cleveland. It's called "the main
squeeze". I have not used it, however from their description of the
tool, it looks like it fills the need somewhere in between the
Pneumatic squeezers and the older style hand squeezers. Part number:
SCH-20, price $185.00.
Goo