Chainsaw Repair

Like anything else, skill, practice, and experience play a role!  I don't get every rivet perfect and sometimes redo a preset just 'cause it looks ugly.

I have had reps tell me that the biggest mistakes people make when spinning rivets are: not putting a drop of oil or grease on the rivet head before spinning; pressing too much on the feed/pressure lever and not spinning enough to get a smooth, round head, without any cracks.

Oregon/Tecomec sell a small, electric rivet spinner (for about $600?).  I thought this looked very interesting, but only got negative feedback on it when I asked about it on another site.  What was especially interesting were the spinner heads, which roll, instead of just being a spinning cup.  I would like to try these in my drill press some day.

Madsen's uses a production spinner salvaged from an Oregon factory overhaul many years ago.  It has a motor that looks like it came off of a commercial washing machine!

At a GTG a few years ago, I saw some manual spinners that TreeMonkey's Dad had modified to use a low speed electric drill instead of cranking.  He got good results, but I am sure that some practice would still help with that.

Philbert