{"id":8414,"date":"2023-07-09T16:15:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T15:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/?p=8414"},"modified":"2025-03-02T11:59:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T11:59:06","slug":"finally-a-good-press-stud-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/07\/09\/finally-a-good-press-stud-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally a good Press-Stud Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This one’s as much a note for me so I know what I did to make this finally work.<\/p>\n

I’ve been looking for a decent way of fitting press-studs for things like boot covers. I’d tried the standard manual tap-and-hope tools that are supplied with the car and with SoftBitsForSevens kits. But that always seemed a less than ideal solution – smashing a hammer near the paintwork on the car, and not having something solid to hit against.<\/p>\n

I also tried a home-brew g-clamp solution<\/a> that worked reasonably well, but in the end led to a number of press-studs coming off after a year or two.<\/p>\n

So when I found a new tool on Amazon, as I was looking for some spare press-studs, I thought I had to give it a go.<\/p>\n

And it works.<\/p>\n

The trick for me, seemed to be to put 4 “nicks” in the top of the tube of the press-stud top – see picture. Then when the tool is used it splits the tube along those nick-lines and you get a good activation of the tube.<\/p>\n

Without the “nicks” the press-stud top tube would deform and not crush uniformly. The “nicks” allowed the tube to deform the way I wanted it too and open out evenly.<\/p>\n

I also found that the mole-grip tool needs to be set so the pin just touches the cap recepticle. This makes the mole-grip tough to compress but not so bad that a two-handed squeeze can’t do the job.<\/p>\n

Also, here’s the link to the Hapden tool on Amazon…\u00a0<\/p>\n

Press Stud Tool<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s some pictures of what I did for future me \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Press-Stud Tool Bits and Pieces<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Some spare press-stud parts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Modified press-stud tube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Boxed press-stud tool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Press-stud tool is modified mole-grips<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I’d bought 40 press-stud tops from softbitsforsevens and the caps from Amazon. Both worked well together.<\/p>\n

Let’s hope the press-studs stay put this time. They do look pretty secure…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This technique seems to work well.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This one’s as much a note for me so I know what I did to make this finally work. I’ve been looking for a decent way of fitting press-studs for things like boot covers. I’d tried the standard manual tap-and-hope tools that are supplied with the car and with SoftBitsForSevens kits. But that always seemed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Finally found a good Press-Stud Tool!","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[51,21,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-caterham-blog","category-servicing-and-setup","category-upgrades"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_2124-scaled.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8yl38-2bI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6462,"url":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/07\/19\/softbits-for-sevens-boot-cover-g-clamp-hack\/","url_meta":{"origin":8414,"position":0},"title":"Softbits for Sevens Boot Cover & G-clamp Hack","author":"John Martin","date":"July 19, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Note from Future John: The following post is a better way of doing this... https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/07\/09\/finally-a-good-press-stud-tool\/ Well, one thing led to another! 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