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Posted: 4/27/2024 2:42:52 PM EDT
Are these still available?
Been waiting since December.
Link 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.
Link Posted: 4/27/2024 5:30:20 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By TGWLDR:
Been OOS/unavailable since last year. I still haven't seen them anyplace.
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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
Link 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.
Link 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
Link Posted: 4/28/2024 3:27:58 PM EDT
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Originally 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
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Thanks for this link.
Link Posted: 4/28/2024 3:51:54 PM EDT
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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.
Link 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?
Link Posted: 4/28/2024 4:57:51 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By ybrik:
where and how to mount the squeezer die if it has 3/16" dia. shank?
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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.  :)
Link Posted: 4/28/2024 8:36:49 PM EDT
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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.  :)
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Good info for using squeezer die on new stuff. =)

Where do you rest the rivet head for assembled upper?
Link Posted: 4/29/2024 1:41:22 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 4/29/2024 3:20:44 PM EDT
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Originally 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.
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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.
Link Posted: 4/29/2024 3:32:45 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 4/29/2024 6:37:16 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By bigbore:


Schuster MFG was Rich and his son Matt.  Matt died in 2021.
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Im sorry to hear that, thanks for clarifying it.
Link Posted: 4/30/2024 8:55:37 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By ybrik:


Good info for using squeezer die on new stuff. =)

Where do you rest the rivet head for assembled upper?
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Originally 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.
Link Posted: 5/5/2024 2:58:21 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By bigbore:


Schuster MFG was Rich and his son Matt.  Matt died in 2021.
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Sorry to read this. No I remember reading about this and it's the reason why this tool is not being made anymore.
Link Posted: 5/5/2024 2:59:09 PM EDT
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Originally 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.
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Any pics or details how you did this?
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