Wasted $120 on a fancy pneumatic rivet gun that just collects dust now

Bought a high-end rivet gun thinking it'd speed up my panel work, but it's way too heavy for overhead stuff and my old $40 one does the same job faster, anyone else regret a tool upgrade like this?

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blair_gibson7814d ago

Is it really collecting dust or are you just not using it right? High end tools usually have a learning curve and you gotta put in the time to get the feel for them. I bet if you spent a full day using nothing but that gun you'd get way faster with it than your old one. Plus the weight issue is real but that's why you rig up a counterbalance or work smarter not harder. Tools like that are built for production work not hobby stuff, so of course it feels overkill at first.

brookekelly14d ago

Blair makes a good point about the learning curve but honestly the weight thing doesn't go away with practice... I had the same problem with a heavy duty air hammer I bought for frame work. Ended up selling it at a loss and went back to my old one. What worked for me was finding a middle ground tool, something that's built better than the cheap stuff but still light enough to use all day. If you can't return that gun maybe look into a spring balancer or a tool lanyard setup to take the weight off your arms. Otherwise just cut your losses and sell it on Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace before the value drops more. There's no shame in admitting a tool just doesn't fit your workflow.