rivet removal tool

glenn654 · Post by **glenn654** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:43 pm

I am considering buying a rivet removal tool.......especially for use removing blind rivets. Does anyone have any experinece with this tool, is it any good or a waste of money?

glenn654

Post by **Spike** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:48 pm

I have a guy at my local EAA chapter thatis restoring an Ercoupe and swears by those rivet removal tools. He says that it gets you to the center of a 470 rivet every time.

tshort · Post by **tshort** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:45 pm

I have one - from yardstore.com
It is great for button head rivets ... works perfectly.
It is basically a c'sink stop with a fitting that goes around the head of the rivet and then an appropriately sized drill.

Of course, I never have to use it!

Thomas

glenn654 · Post by **glenn654** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:02 pm

Is it of any help to remove blind rivets to keep them from spinning?
Or for accurate centering when removing a flush rivet?
Glenn654

Post by **Spike** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 3:46 pm

Not that I know of. They are best for 470 rivets.

tshort · Post by **tshort** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:49 pm

I thought I might use it for the blind rivets that held the baggage compartment floor in on my QB ... but they came out really easily with just a drill bit in the center (the hole in the middle where the mandrel pulls out really helps center the drill). Of course, those were soft rivets, not steel / structural blind rivets...

T.