Can anyone recommend a source for buying the right hand tool for applying canvas snap fasteners? I've been using the die and hammer method and I'm not getting a nice mushroom spread on the center pin. I have bought and used two of the cheap ($7.50) kits and I know I have ruined a greater value in fasteners than what these flimsy tools cost. Ruined a few fingers and thumbs as well! The plier type tool is supposedly 100% effective. Martin Veiner Tel: 850-907-9969; Cel: 850-559-1766 Email: veiner@juno.com ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

I have the little kit that you put the dies on the end of a pair of vice grips. Works great! You can find them at Boat/U.S. or any decent ship's store. Keith __ 'I had to hit him -- he was starting to make sense.' ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin I Veiner" <veiner@juno.com> > Can anyone recommend a source for buying the right hand tool for applying > canvas snap fasteners?

    Ralph Salerno
    M/V ANCORA

I bought a kit at Boat U.S. for pressing on snap fasteners. It consists of two plastic dies that fit over the jaws of a vice grip plier. They work for me. Ralph Salerno M/V ANCORA > Can anyone recommend a source for buying the right hand tool for applying > canvas snap fasteners? _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawler-world-list > > To Unsubscribe send email to trawler-world-list-request@lists.samurai.com > Include the word "Unsubscribe" (and nothing else) in the subject or body of the message. >