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Posted: 4/27/2024 2:42:52 PM EDT
Are these still available?
Been waiting since December. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 4:13:17 PM EDT
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Been OOS/unavailable since last year. I still haven't seen them anyplace.
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Posted: 4/27/2024 5:30:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TGWLDR: Been OOS/unavailable since last year. I still haven't seen them anyplace. Found this one but it's quite big for AR-15 as SAR-80's rivet is larger. https://www.childersguns.com/SAR-80-Rivet-Clinching-Tool |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 11:59:35 PM EDT
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OP - I'll send ya both pieces if you send 'em back. Assuming you just need for a current project. PM me if so.
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Posted: 4/28/2024 6:52:51 AM EDT
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The rivet is a 1/8 inch tubular rivet, you need one of these:
https://www.amazon.com/Rivet-Clincher-Diameter-Designed-Conjunction/dp/B089745YZK |
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Posted: 4/28/2024 3:27:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By lysanderxiii: The rivet is a 1/8 inch tubular rivet, you need one of these: https://www.amazon.com/Rivet-Clincher-Diameter-Designed-Conjunction/dp/B089745YZK Thanks for this link. |
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Posted: 4/28/2024 3:51:54 PM EDT
[Last Edit: funnelcake]
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The Hanson is the same thing. Don’t forget to order the squeezer die also. Works just fine with a hammer.
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Posted: 4/28/2024 4:42:55 PM EDT
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where and how to mount the squeezer die if it has 3/16" dia. shank?
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Posted: 4/28/2024 4:57:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ybrik: where and how to mount the squeezer die if it has 3/16" dia. shank? I made an insert that slips into a block that I clamp in the vice (for new stuff). If on an assembled upper, I use one of the kids as an extra pair of hands. :) |
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Posted: 4/28/2024 8:36:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By funnelcake: I made an insert that slips into a block that I clamp in the vice (for new stuff). If on an assembled upper, I use one of the kids as an extra pair of hands. :) Good info for using squeezer die on new stuff. =) Where do you rest the rivet head for assembled upper? |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 1:41:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TGWLDR: Been OOS/unavailable since last year. I still haven't seen them anyplace. Schuster had a massive stroke in December, 2022. He hasn't been able to work since. ETA - if anyone sent me their barrel to thread prior to 12/22 - Schuster threaded it. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 3:20:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bigbore: Schuster had a massive stroke in December, 2022. He hasn't been able to work since. ETA - if anyone sent me their barrel to thread prior to 12/22 - Schuster threaded it. I read somewhere that a member of the family died, possibly the son? Not sure about the validity of that statement other than I read it somewhere. In addition to the rivet tool they use to make a great concentricity gauge for both 5.56 and 30 cal, they are also discontinued, glad to have gotten mine. I took a motorcycle chain breaker and modified it to work with my Schuster rivet tool, works as a press and makes perfect factory looking rivets with no damage to the head scratching it up. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 3:32:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By OTDR: I read somewhere that a member of the family died, possibly the son? Not sure about the validity of that statement other than I read it somewhere. In addition to the rivet tool they use to make a great concentricity gauge for both 5.56 and 30 cal, they are also discontinued, glad to have gotten mine. I took a motorcycle chain breaker and modified it to work with my Schuster rivet tool, works as a press and makes perfect factory looking rivets with no damage to the head scratching it up. Schuster MFG was Rich and his son Matt. Matt died in 2021. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 6:37:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bigbore: Schuster MFG was Rich and his son Matt. Matt died in 2021. Im sorry to hear that, thanks for clarifying it. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 8:55:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ybrik: Good info for using squeezer die on new stuff. =) Where do you rest the rivet head for assembled upper? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ybrik: Originally Posted By funnelcake: I made an insert that slips into a block that I clamp in the vice (for new stuff). If on an assembled upper, I use one of the kids as an extra pair of hands. :) Good info for using squeezer die on new stuff. =) Where do you rest the rivet head for assembled upper? Same as a new one - on top of the squeezer die. That's where the extra pair of hands comes in...handy... They hold the upper & I keep the work centered. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 2:58:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bigbore: Schuster MFG was Rich and his son Matt. Matt died in 2021. Sorry to read this. No I remember reading about this and it's the reason why this tool is not being made anymore. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 2:59:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By OTDR: I took a motorcycle chain breaker and modified it to work with my Schuster rivet tool, works as a press and makes perfect factory looking rivets with no damage to the head scratching it up. Any pics or details how you did this? |
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