Getting a little squeeze (riveting)

[Anthony W]

My new rivet squeezer arrived today from Aircraft Spruce and right on
time too.

Anyway with a new tool to play with and nothing to rivet, I squeezed
over a few pop rivets I had already installed. Holy crap Batman did
those rivets look great and they're tighter than ever. I used 3/16"
cupped dies on both sides and I have to say they're the best looking pop
rivet joints I've ever seen.

I can hardly wait to start setting solid rivets...

Tony

[150flivver]

On Sep 5, 5:44*pm, Anthony W > wrote:
> My new rivet squeezer arrived today from Aircraft Spruce and right on
> time too.
>
> Anyway with a new tool to play with and nothing to rivet, I squeezed
> over a few pop rivets I had already installed. *Holy crap Batman did
> those rivets look great and they're tighter than ever. *I used 3/16"
> cupped dies on both sides and I have to say they're the best looking pop
> rivet joints I've ever seen.
>
> I can hardly wait to start setting solid rivets...
>
> Tony

I've never heard of using a squeeze riveter to set pop rivets. Is
this normally done?

[Anthony W]

150flivver wrote:
> On Sep 5, 5:44 pm, Anthony W > wrote:
>> My new rivet squeezer arrived today from Aircraft Spruce and right on
>> time too.
>>
>> Anyway with a new tool to play with and nothing to rivet, I squeezed
>> over a few pop rivets I had already installed. Holy crap Batman did
>> those rivets look great and they're tighter than ever. I used 3/16"
>> cupped dies on both sides and I have to say they're the best looking pop
>> rivet joints I've ever seen.
>>
>> I can hardly wait to start setting solid rivets...
>>
>> Tony
>
> I've never heard of using a squeeze riveter to set pop rivets. Is
> this normally done?

I don't know. I didn't have any solid rivets at the moment and I wanted
to play with my new toy. so I squeezed some pop rivets I had already
set. These weren't in any aircraft stuff so it wouldn't hurt if I
screwed them up. I have to say it sure made them look nice and they're
the tightest pop rivets I've ever seen...

Tony