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Your cart is empty.The Arrow RT188M One Handed Rivet Tool will make any riveting project a breeze. Featuring a lightweight steel body and comfortable easy-squeeze handles, this tool is durable enough to take on metal work, gutter work, storm door repair, and automotive work. The four color-coded interchangeable nose grips can be unscrewed by hand to fit the corresponding rivet size for your project. Works with aluminum and steel rivets of any size
GilTech
Reviewed in Canada on February 20, 2025
Should have read these reviews before buying. Terrible product and customer service is just as bad.
robert greene
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2024
Good while it lasted after a 1000 rivets gone threw it the threads striped out for the different size rivets you use
mr salty
Reviewed in Canada on September 14, 2023
Works
Chris Eckert
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2023
Great quality, performs well, just as advertised.
Dominique Davis
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2023
Excellent product
Asteria
Reviewed in Canada on July 14, 2023
it gets the job done, but the handle opens wider than a hand span, so it's not quite as one-handed as I'd have hoped. I need to use two hands for each squeeze (with the fingers of one hand on the finger grips while it's open, I can barely get my thumb over the other handle where my entire palm needs to be in order to apply enough pressure) and my hands aren't very small
123456789
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2023
Easy to use. well made.
drew
Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2022
I use this when installing acoustic ceiling grid on commercial construction projects. It works well for me and is a good size that fits in my tool pouch without constantly being bumped or toppling out. Good rivet tool.
Edward A. Milliron
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2021
I've used hand tools all my life for work and personal use. I've never needed a rivet tool until now. This is definitely a HIGH QUALITY tool. Sturdy, well thought out, and comes with what you need for a variety of riveting jobs.
Chris Kulbaba
Reviewed in Canada on September 26, 2020
Good quality and does work one handed.
Nimzo
Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2020
I needed to rivet 2 pad-eyes on my Ocean kayak for seat attachment. I was able to quickly use this tool to get the task done, installing four 3/16" aluminum rivets. Each took 3 squeezes of the handle, with a little extra force needed on the final one (still was easy). I liked that it was easy to swap the nose pieces and they store right on the tool. I took off 1 star for the following four reasons. 1) The product is made in China, which was not advertised. 2) The web description says there are 5 nose pieces, whereas 4 is the actual number. 3) It claims one handed operation. This would require very large hands. I had to use 2 hands (which was not an issue for my application). The web description says it has "adjustable stroke distance". This might have allowed one-handed operation, but the tool did not come with anything saying how to adjust the stroke distance, nor did the on-line video tutorial. 4) Lastly, the web description says "Works with aluminum and steel rivets of any size", but the packaging says "not recommended for use with 3/16" (5mm) diameter all-steel rivets". This did not impact me, but the web description is nevertheless misleading.
Harmandeep
Reviewed in Canada on October 20, 2020
I just use this 4,5 times only and it stops pulling the rivets and mandrel stuck in jaws. Very poor quality.
B.H.
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2020
Works okay with small rivets. They should keep the two larger dies (or anvils) as they are useless. Won’t pull the rivet far enough to make a useful joint. Weak tool. Have been using rivet tools for 45 years, and even the week garbage from 1970 Taiwan were better than this garbage. Looks nice out of the box, just doesn’t produce.
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