Semitubular rivets
Why are the rivet tools for these so expensive?
Is it better to use the tool or just hammer them down with a punch?
I'm working on model cars so I have delicate work so thought I'd need a tool but it's like $99

That does seem excessive when regular C-clamps are only a few bucks. I know people use C-clamps and a socket instead of the similarly expensive ball joint separators and they seem to work alright. I can't imagine rivets require more force than a ball joint.

>>2929031 (OP)
>>2929041
Do you need special clamps for rivets. Will a g clamp destroy the rivet head and that is why this one exists?

>>2929415
>Do you need special clamps for rivets. Will a g clamp destroy the rivet head and that is why this one exists?
It probably has a concave face for the rivet head to sit in and not get distorted, and then that conical/convex pusher to swell out the tubular rivet. OP could easily modify a standard C-clamp though by grinding the convex divot to fit the rivet head in the solid end of the c-clamp and removing the rotating foot off the pusher screw and grinding a bevel on the end of the screw.

>>2929420
This is simple and genius.
I'm gonna try it