Hand rivet squeezer

[Esser]

I borrowed my buddies for the roughly 100 total solid rivers on the project. Wing tip nut plates, camlocks and boot cowl I think is all. Easy to squeeze.

[Cherrybark]

For solid rivets, I bought a cheap Harbor Freight vice grip and used a bench grinder to smooth the face of the pliers. I'll bet a few strokes of a file would do the job almost as quickly.