New Tools?

Got some some new tools? Lets here about them!

I got a new riviter today craftsman model 974749 (http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?BV_SessionID=@@@@0220503931.1096941676@ @@@&BV_EngineID=cchjadcmjmeklikcehgcemgdffmdflk.0&vertical=TOOL&pid=00974749000&bidsite=CRAFT). I'v had one of there other riviters for a long time, use it alot at the shop to attach side skirts to the rocker pannel before molding them in, but sometimes the angles are kinda awkard so today I happen to walk down the isle and this one caught my eye, it has a rotating head so you can rivit at any angle. Has four differnt heads for the sizes, cushion grip. Been playing with it every since I got it. It works really good, the curved handles give alot of leverage without much strain on your hands. I would definatly recomend it to anyone. Of course I would recomend just about any craftsman tool to anyone, thats the only brand I buy except for some specialty tools that they do not make.

I recently had to buy the craftsman vavle spring compressor and modify it to work on the honda engines, once modified it worked, but I think the coolest things I have are those rusted and stripped bolt extractors from craftsman, those things are awsome!

heh and I need to return my 17 mm 1/2 socket, broke that pappie on my crank bolt...

i bought a torque wrench from thesilentchamber

lol, you should get it any day now, I mailed it yesterday.

I got to take some stuff back to sears, there new folding box cutter (the one I got anyway) was made out of some really bittle metal and the clip broke off and the thumb studs broke, hope I just got a bad one or something. But they will replace it so no worries on my part. Really like it though.

SilentChamber - Would one of those riveters work to connect plexiglass to metal? What about fiberglass to metal? I want to redo my sunroof (cracked all to hell) before the winter, but I'm on a really tight budget (medical bills out the ass). I may customize something and rivet it in place but I'm not too sure. I know they make a fiberglass insert sunroof panel ("for race use only") but that's over 100 bux. I know your a body guy so any suggestions would be really great. Thanks.

Yeah, I rivited the lexan windows in my gremlin, and I use rivits to attach side skirts all the time, so they work good for plexi and fiberglass.

Thanks. I'll do that. I'm thinking about cutting the plexiglass to fit the sunroof hole (as done in the past) and using the weather stripping but riviting a sort of ring around the whole sunroof panel so that I can rivit it to the actual roof exterior. That way it will have a natural shape and won't crack.