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There are air riveters for big jobs, why not have a battery powered riveter for the big jobs too? Just like the air riveter, less work then a manual hand held rivet tool.
My guess is there isn’t enough of a market for one. All the guys who need one are using air-powered tools. Besides, any battery powered tool is almost always going to heavier and not as powerful as a comparable air-powered model. And then you get into having to change out batteries; and I doubt at the rates some guys work (aircraft industry, for ex.) that a new battery would even be charged before they finished with the one in use.