MadMike | 17/05/2017 23:51:19 |
265 forum posts 4 photos | RivNuts are brilliant. BUT they must be inserted and clenched correctly. Using pop rivet and those scissor type tools should be last resort only. If you have a compressor get an air clenching tool, it's fast and makes then totally secure. If you cannot find an air tool there is a hand tool which screws into the RivNut and which then has a long side lever to do the clenching. The thread in the nut itself is malformed and only assumes the correct form when the nut is clenched. Have used these by the thousand to fabricate steel and aluminium assemblies, and even as the threaded fixing for hinges on full size metal doors. Like I said tooling up properly is the way to make them work properly.
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thaiguzzi | 21/05/2017 03:52:38 |
![]() 704 forum posts 131 photos | Wish i'd discovered them years before. First came across them in 2003. Kitting out my two containers, which had fiberglass and s/steel interior walls. Brilliant invention. |
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