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Re: Buying Pneumatic Rivet Gun

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Originally Posted by mman1506 View Post
You should be fine, a CNC plasma uses far more flow than a rivet gun.
That's what I was getting at.

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Originally Posted by Cory View Post
The crappiest air compressor you could buy is gonna be fine. a rivet gun should be like a fraction of 1 CFM. All those 5 gallon pancake compressors that people tend to have are at least 2-2.5 CFM.
I have not actually seen the compressor but based on the fact that it supplies our metals shop, auto shop and jewelry lab I have a feeling it is pretty big.
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