hmm, I think Gweem has a rivet press. He might have a good suggestion.

I'd be happy to rivet it for you if you bring it over. If you want to do it yourself, I've heard good things about the Pinbits pressless rivets.

Pinrestore has a rivet punch that you use a hammer to set the rivets. It works pretty well, but you have to be careful not to break the plastic at the same time.

Tom

The pinrestore press is the way to go if you get their kit and can do some drilling and stuff you can save yourself about a hundred bucks going that route. Ive had nothing but problems with the press less rivets so I finally upgraded to the press and am glad I did. Takes two seconds to do and they don't fall off down the road like the press less ones have for me.

I just finished building mine today, it works great, I got the press from HF and the 2
Dies from pinrestore. I spent the better part of the day sanding, drilling, and painting it.
I can't wait until the time comes to use it so I can laugh at the broken rivet and tell Murphy to suck it

Total cost 35.00 for press, 40.00 for dies and about 4 hrs of labor

Any pics? Which hf press? The press less revits slide off. Not good.

Where do you buy the rivets and washers for the press? Are they brass?

I've had the press for awhile, but didn't have the converter kit for it. Just ordered it today. Figured, I should get some use out of the press I bought 6 months ago.

I'll supply some photos of mine this evening. like Celiac502, I purchased the harbor freight arbor press ($28.50 after the sale price and a 20% off coupon , and the conversion kit from pinrestore.com

you need a drill press to convert the arbor press, but you only need to drill 5 holes in total (2 - 5/16" holes and 3 - 3/16" holes). I think it only took about 45 mins of "actual" time spaced out over 2 evenings

pinrestore.com also sells a 320pc. kit containing 6 different sized nickel plated brass rivets (40 of each size) and backing washers (120 backing washers and 240 rivets) for $28
http://pinrestore.com/Riveting.html

harbor freight 1/2 ton arbor press (you could go with the 1 ton version, but you really don't gain that much more room and it weighs a lot more) - note: it's on sale right now, and you can use the internet coupon on their front page to save an additional 20% off
http://www.harborfreight.com/1-2-half-ton-arbor-press-3551.html

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I have this setup, I haven't had a chance to use it but a friend of mine says it works great

I bought my press from Enco:

http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INSRIT?PMAKA=805-1005

I bought the conversion kit from Pinrestore plus a huge set of rivets.

EDIT: Just noticed that Harbor Freight will not ship. Enco shipped my press to me, was reasonable cost wise.

If you just have a few rivets to do actionpinball has a send off service with great turnaround time.

I have the Rivet Press posted in the pictures. Works great. I did have a problem riveting on my NGG upper ramp though. Big peices do not fit under it well sometimes.

I have the HF/Pinrestore press as well as a Hurky tool. I also have an extension handle for the pinrestore dies and a block of wood for using a hammer (gently) for parts that won't fit in the press.

It takes all 3 of these to restore games in my shop.

True. This is the only downside to the HF/Pinrestor press. Most things do fit in it, though.

the pressless work great *if* you drive them perfectly straight. if you get off the hole gets oval and loose. I used them before I got my press.

Hey chad. im going to need to come over some time soon. My high speed diverter rivets broke off last weekend.