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I'm getting ready to finally be able to piece my parts kit together along with my receiver from ACE. However, I've ran into a stumbling block on deciding what to rivet it together with. I don't have a press or the room for one so I think I'm going to rule it out of the picture for now. It is also pretty costly to buy all the different jigs for the different locations of rivets. I read hcpookie's site on his bolt cutters that can smash rivets as well as some of the links to hand riveters. A bolt cutter riveter would probably do the trick, but I don't yet have a grinder. So, I decided given the constraints with room and tools, I'd purchase a commercial hand riveter that would do the job well. What I'm looking for is a reasonable priced riveter that can get to all the rivets on an AK. I know there was a website I looked at not too long ago, where I guy showed a bunch of the tools he used for model airplanes I believe. There were quite a few rivet guns he used for the different jobs. Does anyone currently use a hand riveter that will work on an AK and that can get to all the different rivets? I'm looking for suggestions you might have to help me in deciding what kind of purchase to make. I'm looking for something that is decent quality but won't break my bank!