Bridge at South Wayside

[P5se Camelback]

... I'd LOVE to have a sensipress with riveter table attachment but it's out of my price range at the moment, and most of the projects for which I'd need rivets don't require the kind of precision spacing and consistent size that tool will give you. You get what you pay for (or you learn to make do!) -- Galen

Keep your eye on EBay ... the "Sensipress" and the "Riveter" show up on EBay from time to time ... I just scored the pair for $71.46 plus $5.95 shipping. I know that's not chicken feed but I live by myself, my income consists of collecting a Social Security check, but I save as much as I can each month to build a "fund" to purchase such items when they appear. I don't always have enough in the LS&W account(especially after a purchase, be it large or small) and I often get outbid when I have to stop bidding because I've hit my dollar limit, but occasionally I win, as I did with the Sensipress/Riveter duo.

I am doing some testing/learning with these two tools in an effort to build up my proficiency level, but when I feel competent in their use, I'm entertaining the idea of fabricating the occasional "riveted reinforcing strip" in styrene for those who are in need. (I'm still only thinking about it.)

After all, I lucked out and scored these tools relatively inexpensively. I've had a highly satisfying, productive, loaded-with-laughter-and-fun career. I've been fortunate enough to have been in the right place at the right time to have been given a couple of "plum projects" that I was able to parlay into big "market winners" and a National Design Award Winner. For that I'm an enormously thankful! :!:

Over the years, building many operating prototypes of new product designs for use in beta test, I've learned many "tricks of the trade" when it comes to fabricating items using styrene. So, in an effort to "give back" to my friends on this forum who have so wholeheartedly accepted this old curmudgeon as a member of the "community" ...

... but I need to learn how to use these tools with some proficiency first!