Santa was good to my shop..

[Cvairwerks]

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

[The Inspector]

HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES!!!! Major, major prezzi 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.

[PropsRule]

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.