I picked this up riveting tool a few summers ago at a farm auction in Kansas for 10 bucks. It was a nice weekend in Texas so I decided to clean it up and am pretty happy with the results. It was totally covered in dirt and grease so I wasn't sure what was under there. Does anyone else have one of these?
I had my Dad's riveter just like that. He ran a shop in the 50's. I sold it 20 years ago with a bunch of new lining that comes on a roll...for $10 When I worked for a truck fleet, they had a simple tool that chucked in a vise, and came with different sized punches to do the same thing just as quick.
I passed on one at Hershey a couple years ago because I couldn't get it home. I thought it'd be great converted to a shrinker/stretcher with a set of jaws. -Brad
Ya know my father in law had one in his basement when he moved and we just left it there, really didnt know what to do with it.
Don't have one but, at the risk of showing my age, I have riveted many shoes together years ago when it was the thing to do. Certainly worth the 10 bucks!
I see one everyday. We still use it regularly. I work on tractors and alot of the older ones and even some newer backhoes we just buy the lining and rivet our own on. Save some money and it is kind of fun.
I sold a similar one a couple of years ago at a swap meet. As I recall, I got about $40.00 for it. Good score!
You can also use that tool along with the small shoe rivets to install rubber parts, etc. Example---rear vent window rubbers on 60-66 Chevy pickups. Can be a versatile tool in many applications that it wasn't designed for.
Totally cool! I love stuff like that to set around the shop. $10, you did good. Who knows, the economy keeps going you might open a business riviting brake shoes.
i have one on the farm think mein has a drill and grinder i use it for relining caterpillar brakes sometimes a handy tool!!!
Rivets, lining, etc. Brake Supply, Evansville. Scanpac, United Friction Supply. That will skim the top and will also lead to parts for tooling. Rivets are given part numbers by diameter and length like 8-10 which is a large rivet. Some of this stuff crosses pathes with relining clutch discs too.
used to work with my Dad at night at the local Ford dealer growing up and have set about million rivets with one of those, pain in the ass at the time but looking back some fond memories of working with my hero as well
Ha..great stories and thanks for the replys. One more question you guys may know. There is a bore behind the rivet ram on the top front of the tool that has a set screw. Whatever was in there is missing but looks like it could have been depth guage of sorts. Anyone know what this was for?
Last one I saw was at a garage auction in 2011, it went for a lot more than that, $150 - $200 but came with a metal cabinet of linings, rivets, and possibly some other tools (didn't look too close).
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