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Put a rivet in the gun only, squeeze the lever and see what the actual rivet is doing.
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The Revos apparently are designed to clamp railroad ties and pull together horrifically prepared joints
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(01-20-2019, 07:11 PM)Gurubandhu Wrote: I don't know if this is the right forum for this but i is a hand tool. I have a plastic case for a wrench set. The latches came off and I got trunk latches (also used on some tool cases) that I have been trying to rivet on the case. I drilled the holes a wee bit larger than the rivets I used a Klik Fast rivet gun and the rivets are not opening on the blind side. Why not? I have drilled out 8 that are not holding.
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You need to put a metal washer, same ID as rivit OD on the inside (The side the rivet expands) so the rivit has something hard to work against. Plastic is too soft and rivit will not work as designed.
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It is a hollow core. If I cut through the plastic, it will affect the integrity of the case. Are there any other alternatives?
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01-21-2019, 03:34 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-21-2019, 03:37 PM by GNP.)
Make sure you are using the correct size rivet for your gun. It usually tales multiple squeezes to completely seat a pop rivet.