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With tubular rivets a tool like the Rapco RA825 will work with 5/32 or 3/16 rivets. Trying to drive solid rivets may damage your electronics. The correct length for solid rivets is the material thickness plus one and a half diameters. Example: 2 .030 sheets riveted with .125 dia rivets. The...

I've had a KR59 since '85 or so they're a great box that can hold a lot of tools. Mint, I'd say $300 or so.

There's plenty of nice used Snap-On boxes on CL and I'd rather have one of those in the garage than a HF box. On the other hand I love my Snap-On tools at work but I can't justify the cost of them for tools at home. At home I do have various brands of USA made tools though.

Thanks for the Welcome guys! Yeah, I'm a Mechanic for UAL.

Hello good people of Garage Journal. My name's Tom and I always enjoy reading about tools and such here. I've been wrenching on things since I was a kid which kind of led me to working as a Aircraft Mechanic for the last 36 years. I'm a Luddite at heart and like old motorcycles and have a...