Buying Pneumatic Rivet Gun

[GreyingJay]

Originally Posted by mman1506

The only issue we've had with the gun is the nose breaking off when it was dropped (our fault). I went on a trip to the US just to buy another.

I considered doing that as a gift to my new team but ordered this from Amazon.ca instead. It was $71 back in June when I ordered it, probably cost about the same or better than the HF after you factor in exchange and gas.

Allstar ALL18207
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B003BZQ6MW/

[DonShaw]

Just because you have 90psi does not mean you have enough flow(volume)to operate a pneumatic air tool. You need to look at the CFM on the compressor and air tool to make sure you have the volume.

[Munchskull]

Originally Posted by DonShaw

Just because you have 90psi does not mean you have enough flow(volume)to operate a pneumatic air tool. You need to look at the CFM on the compressor and air tool to make sure you have the volume.

Well I sure hope that we have the CFM . We are running it off the same air supply that we are running our shops CNC plasma.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Munchskull

Well I sure hope that we have the CFM . We are running it off the same air supply that we are running our shops CNC plasma.

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.

[Munchskull]

Originally Posted by mman1506

You should be fine, a CNC plasma uses far more flow than a rivet gun.

That's what I was getting at.

Originally Posted by Cory

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.