---------------------------------------------------------- RV9-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 06/15/07: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 08:19 AM - Re: Tool source (Jeff Rosson) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 08:19:13 AM PST US Subject: RV9-List: Re: Tool source From: "Jeff Rosson" Update on my hand surgery. No problems. Today I get the stitches out, but it has not been hampering my building too much. I did want to put in a plug for both Brown Tools and Plane Tools. Brown's has the best prices for the Sioux drill and rivet gun, which most folks seem to think are about the best for the money, and for clecos. Also, they have free shipping for orders over $85. I will tell the story that I ordered from them on, I believe, a Wednesday, via the Internet. I didn't hear anything back and I called them late the next Monday morning to inquire. She checked the computer and said something like "well, we show delivery being made 20 minutes ago." I called our receiving department (I take deliveries at my place of business) and, sure enough, the order had just arrived. Three-day delivery that is free is not bad at all! I ended up getting most of my tools, though, from Plane Tools. I grew up in Kansas and am a Jayhawk, so I was partial to doing business with the folks back home, plus Shaun was very helpful. He deleted the items of this standard RV kit that I already had, and got the items out pretty quickly. His standard kit includes a pneumatic rivet squeezer and the DRDT-2 dimpler, for only a few hundred $ more than other suppliers list for their tool kits that include the manual dimpler and squeezer. He offered a fair price and ended up throwing in a free adjustable set. He has since also been very quick to reply to my questions about the tools, so his after-the-sale support has been top notch. I also, at someones urging, ordered a tungsten buck bar from Webster Tool. I am apprehensive about this purchase after getting three bucking bars from Plane Tools, but I will give it a try. Webster was great I had it in three days. Maybe this weekend I will dimple my first dimple and buck my first rivet. Cool. Then, what, some 18,000 more to do? Ugh. Jeff R Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=118599#118599 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv9-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV9-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/rv9-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv9-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.