How durable is a Cyclo polisher? What about a rivet shaver?

**Andy R** · 06-06-2002, 11:49 PM

Has anyone polished a Cyclo to death? If so, what broke first? How long did it last? Are there any weaknesses that should prevent me from sharing one with friends?

What about a rivet shaver? How many rivets can it shave? Can it be re-sharpened? Is it's lifecycle 1,000 rivets or 100,000 rivets? Can it break easily? Is it safe to share with my friends?

BobbyW · 06-07-2002, 12:19 AM

Replacement bits can be had from $18 to $20 buck. You would have to shave a lot of alumnum rivet heads to dull a carbide shaver bit.

Now if you owned this shaver, I would like to borrow it from you for say a couple of 10 years.

Ultimate Rivet Shaver

And, its on Sale!! Come on, you now you want it.

-BobbyWright

**Andy R** · 06-07-2002, 12:49 AM

Or how does it run?

BobbyW · 06-07-2002, 01:13 AM

Yes, its Pneumatic. My nephew is an Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic (A&P)and he swears by it. Very precise but, over-kill for our purposes.

-BobbyWright

PeterH-79MH · 06-07-2002, 07:21 AM

I shaved close to 1500 rivets with my shaver and it seems as effective as day 1.

DIMMER · 06-07-2002, 08:53 AM

God i whant one!!!!!! Just to feel it in my hands...to smell the oil, to feel the cold alumnum to hear the sing of the moter. some one just buy me one...

P/S i will buy the cutting bits if you buy the shaver!!!!!!!!!!!

**Andy R** · 06-07-2002, 03:05 PM

I need to find out if a Cyclo is good for polishing 2 small trailers, 2 large 31' trailers of many many trailers. What parts are the first to break? Are replacement parts available?

I want to buy a Cyclo and share it with many friends, loan it to them for a month then to the next one, etc.

Am I crazy, or are these polishers tough and durable?

Thanks,

Andy

tenrsingr · 06-07-2002, 03:36 PM

Andy,
I agree. I have posted somewhere else we do this. But as you say... "How long can we expect them to last?" Is an issue that must be dealt with. I will gladly ante' up my portion in the pot to purchase. If not, I may just buy my own in the future. But being I live in south Georgia, I am not going to do any polishing until winter. I would die in the heat and sun here right now...

thenewkid64 · 07-15-2002, 05:20 AM

Here is a used one for sale. Better jump onit. I do not see many used for sale.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=1844014232

53flyingcloud · 04-10-2004, 10:03 PM

Andy, the life of the polisher depends on how well you keep it clean plus, since this has been around (design-wise) for more years than you or I wanta count..It's very SAFE to assume that parts will never be a problem~! The breakdown diagrams/parts list shows it to be an easy fix~
Mine has well over 200 hours of polishing time on it and, it still looks and works perfectly~
ciao
53FC