Do not forget the NOTCH to keep the Rivnut from turning, Virg On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 15:39:23 +0200 Serge VIDAL <serge.vi...@sagem.com> writes: > 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> > > Envoyé par : krnet-boun...@mylist.net > 2005-04-22 15:13 > Veuillez répondre à KRnet > Remis le : 2005-04-22 15:13 > > > Pour : kr...@mylist.net > cc : (ccc : Serge VIDAL/DNSA/SAGEM) > 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 > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > >
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