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Santa was good to my shop..
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Author:  Cvairwerks [ Tue Jan 01, 2013 2:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Santa was good to my shop..
Took my TIG unit over to a friend's pace so he could do a number of projects that needed TIG rather than MIG or stick. He reached down and grabbed something and handed it to me, telling me Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I almost dropped it....a rather nice big rivet "C" squeezer... My buddy is a longtime A&P and contract maintenance guy and has tons of tools. Told me he had no need for it anymore and if he were to need it, he was sure I wouild let him borrow it. Cool....I get it home and look it up... CP-351-TC. The big one.....will handle 5/16ths rivets...Holy mackrel....current price on one is north of 3 grand... Got no problem with him using my TIG for a few months or longer....I need a couple of yoke and this thing will cover most of my rivet needs for a long time.

Thanks Santa Gene :prayer:
Author:  The Inspector [ Tue Jan 01, 2013 3:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Santa was good to my shop..
HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES!!!! Major, major prezzi :supz: :supz: Dude, I'd show up at his house and mow his lawn for a week over that!!
That's exactly why everyone hereabouts was kicking their chins when the Lazy 'B' shut down suplus sales in Auburn. I had a friend who went through the bins until he had assembled a 3/8 chuck motor that only turned 450 RPM's but would claw it's way through concrete, any more torque and it could have burned coal.
Author:  PropsRule [ Thu Jan 03, 2013 10:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Santa was good to my shop..
That thing must be huge. I hit a half inch AD rivet with a 10x gun once. I'm very comfortable with 3x and 4x guns but this was quite the experience. The guy bucking it was using a cut-off piece of railway track (perhaps a bit overkill but he had it so why not? I have no idea where he got it from, though).

Provided the big 'C' squeeze will fit everywhere you need to use it, it should be a great tool to have around.
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