Oscar,
I am a Rivnut enthusiast, so I went for the $ 100+ tool. But if you only
want to install a few of them, the "simplified model" will work just fine
for the small sizes, up to, say, 5mm.
Beyond that, or if you want to go pretty cheap, you always can make your
own tool. Just use a bolt, a couple of washers, and a nut. Screw the nut
on the bolt, put the washers in place, then screw the bolt in the Rivnut.
Hold the bolt with a spanner, and screw the nut using another spanner. The
nut will pull the bolt, that will pull the Rivnut thread. The washers are
here to protect the Rivnut flange surface.
Whatever the solution you use, don't worry too much about damaging the
threads. As long as you go slow, everything will be fine, because it takes
less strength to squeeze the Rivnut than to break its threads. And of
course, start by training on a scrap piece.
Good luck,
Serge Vidal
KR2 "Kilimanjaro Cloud"
Paris, France
"Oscar Zuniga" <taildr...@hotmail.com>
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2005-04-22 15:13
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Objet : KR> rivnut question
Howdy, netters;
I've never used 'rivnuts' and am looking at the info on pullers. Rivnuts
are handy where you are working something with a blind side, such as if
you
need a threaded attachment to a tube and you can't access the other side
to
install a nutplate or nut.
The "real" rivnut tool isn't cheap and neither is the "simplified" model,
but there is a mandrel available such that you can install them using your
regular pop rivet puller. My question is, does a regular pop rivet puller
have enough backbone to pull a rivnut? If so, who would buy the $100+
tool
in the first place? And it seems like it would be easy to strip out the
threads if you put too much squeeze on it, but again- I've never installed
one so I guess you just squeeze a little at a time.
I don't have a lot of them to install, so I don't need a heavy-duty tool
for
the job.
Oscar Zuniga
San Antonio, TX
mailto: taildr...@hotmail.com
website at http://www.flysquirrel.net
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