Efco rivet spinner

[jb-chainsaws]

Anyone ever seen one of these suckers? I can find squat on the Internet about them, and can only conclude they're the ultimate lazy person's toy at £400 used!

 

[Philbert]

Versions were also sold under the Tecomec and Oregon brand labels.

I would love one if I had a shop.

I guess that they can keep the price up because they are NLA new. I want to say that they sold for around$1,200 new in the US?

Thought about just getting the replacement dies and using a small drill press.

Philbert

 

[jb-chainsaws]

Thanks for the info! I could only ever justify it if I was making dozens of chains a day, and even then I find manual spinning fast and straightforward, makes me wonder just how much time there is to be saved from spinning rivets

Versions were also sold under the Tecomec and Oregon brand labels.

I would love one if I had a shop.

I guess that they can keep the price up because they are NLA new. I want to say that they sold for around$1,200 new in the US?

Thought about just getting the replacement dies and using a small drill press.

Philbert

 

[Philbert]

The advantages are speed, volume, consistency, and saving your arms - if you do a high volume of chains.

They still offer an electric spinner - I have not used it, and it only received lukewarm reviews on sites like this:



https://www.oregonproducts.com/pro/products/accessories/CompactRivetSpinner.htm

Some guys have made their own versions:



Philbert

 

[jb-chainsaws]

That bottom one looks more like my kind of machine

 

[jakethesnake]

Anything wrong with striking them with a hammer ball side? I've put 60 link chain together that way in a pinch with no patent link. In fact I've run this chain on a combine for two years now. Just a thought

 

[Philbert]

Anything wrong with striking them with a hammer ball side?

If you are using new rivets / pre-sets, and peen them over carefully, you should be OK. Spinning forms a more uniform head.

Re-using pre-sets / presets is discouraged, since metal is damaged or removed. Those in the photo below were punched out with a chain rivet breaker.



Philbert