Riveting - what am I doing wrong?

One little trick:
Sometimes getting the nosepiece of the rivet gun to seat properly on the head of the rivet for pulling you may need to stack a few washers on the mandrel. This is especially true in the older main track on the 14 and 16 and the mast cleats. If the nose isn't seated onto the head of the rivet it won't pop right.
I used to use a stop sleeve before I had a custom nose piece built for my gun. Just slide it onto the mandrel, pop rivet, reuse.




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Hope that helps.

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I tried stacking washers, but in my case the recess was just too deep. Adding the washers made my grip length so short that the gun could not grab it.

If all else fails, tap the holes and use screws w/ plenty of anti-seize.

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