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Re: pic: new shoes

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Originally Posted by sanddrag View Post
Once you get a pneumatic rivet puller, you'll wonder how you ever lived without it. It's hands down our best tool under $100.
When you factor in the cost of a compressor, it's not inexpensive. Unfortunately, neither of the teams I mentor has a compressed air line in their workspace.

A good hand riveter (all-metal construction with suitably long handles) works fine, in my experience.
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