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MK arriving soon - tool recommendations
StevenB - 14/7/06 at 10:42 AM

Can anyone recommend a good torque wrench that wont require breaking the bank?...and any other tools that have proved invaluable during your build.

Cheers

Steve

ReMan - 14/7/06 at 10:47 AM

Black and Decker powerfile
Dremel type thing
Nibbler
Big pop rivetter
Before I do the next one I will defianatly replace all the above with air tool equivelants
Good luck with the build, take your time, do it as best as you can and Iit will be great

[Edited on 14/7/06 by ReMan]

StevenB - 14/7/06 at 10:50 AM

a nibble...what?

any brand name for the rivetter?

thanks.
s

chockymonster - 14/7/06 at 11:05 AM

quote:
Originally posted by StevenB
a nibble...what?

any brand name for the rivetter?

thanks.
s


I got an arrow swivel head riveter. It's been great at getting into difficult areas and building up arm muscles!

fesycresy - 14/7/06 at 11:23 AM

A rivnut tool.

TimC - 14/7/06 at 11:32 AM

quote:
Originally posted by fesycresy
A rivnut tool.


... and a tube of threadlock!

Hammerhead - 14/7/06 at 11:38 AM

Hammer!

John Bonnett - 14/7/06 at 12:51 PM

I too have an Arrow swivel head rivetter but I could not face setting the hundreds of rivets to panel the chassis. I bought an air rivetter and it was one of the best things I've done. I set 350 rivets in one afternoon with nary an ache nor a blister!!


John

andylancaster3000 - 14/7/06 at 12:58 PM

quote:
Originally posted by StevenB
a nibble...what?

any brand name for the rivetter?

thanks.
s


Nibblers are great tools for cutting sheet metal. They create a nice clean cut and have the ability to cut curves. Depending on what type you get they can leave nasty metal crescents EVERYWHERE which seem to take out cycle tyres quite nicely!

For doing panels however, I can’t tell how easy it is to use a floor/bench standing guillotine. You can cut long lengths with ease and get an extremely straight cut.


HTH,
Andy

[Edited on 14/7/06 by andylancaster3000]

gary gsx - 14/7/06 at 02:29 PM

Some head ache tablets

StevenB - 14/7/06 at 04:32 PM

Hammer and head ache tablets sorted.
I feel as though the road ahead may
bring a few occassions when clubbing
myself in the head seems like a good idea.

Would a torque wrench up to 250lb.ft do the trick?

Cheers

Steve

ReMan - 14/7/06 at 05:50 PM

quote:
Originally posted by StevenB

Would a torque wrench up to 250lb.ft do the trick?

Cheers

Steve


No expert, but thats pretty big.
You may need to check how LOW you can get that, else it could be too much for a lot of your smaller threaded things

Peteff - 14/7/06 at 06:46 PM

Some spanners.

John Bonnett - 19/7/06 at 06:17 PM

any brand name for the rivetter?

Without going up to the workshop I cannot tell you the name of the rivetter. However, I bought it from Axminster Power Tools @ £49.80
http://www.axminster.co.uk/find.asp. I also bought a compressor from them which does the job. When you are getting old, you need gadgets to make life easier!!

John