Rivet Tool feedback.
Hello all,
I just wanted to post some feedback on one of our sponsors tools. As they advertise in The Driveline, I am assuming I can identify them. Man Machine Interface, Inc., produces the AERO RIVET-II Tool that is advertised in The Driveline. I have a 1964 Stingray convertible (fuelie) that I have been "refreshing". This includes new weather-stripping throughout the car. There are plenty of posts here regarding the rivets that fasten the vent window channel to the vent window frame. Most of those posts deal with the difficulty of installation, specifically, the setting of new rivets. After I mauled one of the rivets using a hand rivet setting tool sold by most of the
I just wanted to post some feedback on one of our sponsors tools. As they advertise in The Driveline, I am assuming I can identify them. Man Machine Interface, Inc., produces the AERO RIVET-II Tool that is advertised in The Driveline. I have a 1964 Stingray convertible (fuelie) that I have been "refreshing". This includes new weather-stripping throughout the car. There are plenty of posts here regarding the rivets that fasten the vent window channel to the vent window frame. Most of those posts deal with the difficulty of installation, specifically, the setting of new rivets. After I mauled one of the rivets using a hand rivet setting tool sold by most of the
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catalog guys, I ordered the AERO RIVET-II Tool. The tool is very nicely made, and if you're a machined metal geek like I am, it's actually close to a work of art. Aside from looking good, the tool works awesome. In about 20 minutes I had two factory correct, perfectly symmetrical rivets set in the channel. It was super easy to use, and I didn't even practice. The first rivet I set came out perfect. It's funny what we go through, for something no one is ever going to see, but we all know that "it has to be done right, or not at all". I highly recommend this tool. It is a "must have" for the vent window channel rivets, and it is also specified for ventilation flapper rivets also. I have other cars aside for the Stingray, and this tool is applicable to them also.
I am not affiliated with Man Machine Interface, Inc., I am just a happy, satisfied user of their tool, and I wanted to pass along this feedback to anyone struggling with setting rivets. See their add in The Driveline. Feel free to reply to this thread if you would like info on my installation.
Regards,
John
Regards,
John
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