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#1 Ā·
Rivet Nut...! What...? How...? Where...?

Boys and Girls,
While window shopping in my local men's shoe shop (tool shop), I came across what looked like a more user friendly pop rivetter.

Hood Blue Motor vehicle Vehicle Gas


After some dumb questions, I was informed it was a Rivet Nut Setter.

QuĆ©ā€¦???... I asked the salesman to speak into my good eye. He informed me it was a tool for inserting metal threads into thin metal (sheet metal) using a pop rivet principle.

Now I'm not here to spruik a brand (that's why it's here and not under Reviews) but to make readers aware of the tool in case you may not have stumbled across it while browsing your wife's Women's Weekly magazine.

As soon as the salesman described it, my mind started running amuck and while I had no idea where I would use it, I could foresee its use in some of my jigs and workshop attachments.

Disclaimerā€¦ Now this does not replace the traditional tapping of thick metal or timber, however, it is ideal for thin materialā€¦ have not tried it in thin ply but I believe it may work.
The thickness of material is governed by the "compression collar" on the nut which increases as you move up the guage.

Purchased it for $122(Aus., slight discount). The gun came with the full range of threaded (3, 4, 5, 6. 8 and 10mm) mandrels and a teaser of 10 of each rivet nuts.
Gas Technology Computer hardware Machine Audio equipment


Got it home, unpacked it and mused over a cask of vino of where I could use it (the gun, not the vino). I proceeded to prepare some samples to demonstrate its use to inquisitive visitors to my workshop and quickly forgot about it with the assistance of an overindulgence of the red fluid.

Started working on a project and spent some time looking for a knob used on my router to hold an "outrigger".
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Gas Auto part


Wood Gas Ingredient Machine Coffee substitute


This knob is already a replacement due to me losing the original one. Hey, Festool is metricā€¦ my nuts (riveter) are metricā€¦
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Automotive exterior Flooring


The knob had a 5mm thread so I drilled a 11mm hole in the plastic formfit systainer insert. Popped a 5mm nut in there and voilaā€¦ now had a permanent place for that bloody recalcitrant knob.
Air gun Trigger Gas Gun barrel Auto part


Grey Automotive design Bumper Automotive tire Automotive exterior


OKā€¦ I'll confess, you don't need to part with all those shekels to buy a Festool OF1400 router for finding a use for these rivet nut, however, I'm sure you may find use for it elsewhere in the workshop, your car or the missus car (the broomstickā€¦ hey, I'm not sexistā€¦ Harry Potter rides one).

To use it, you put in the appropriate mandrell, thread on the right nutā€¦ don't, repeat don't forget to drill a hole in your target material otherwise it's too hard to push through,
Watercraft Wood Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies Floor Flooring


Wood Automotive tire Rim Gas Bicycle part


Push the handles, but unlike a pop rivet where you snap the pin,

(I tried it on a piece of timber before I got the Festool brainwave and snapped it along the grain from too much forceā€¦
Wood Wood stain Flooring Wooden block Floor

however, you get to see how the "collar" compresses, rather than at the end like a pop rivetā€¦)

snug it up till the "collar" compresses till it gives a tight fit in the hole.
Road surface Grey Wood Asphalt Composite material


Wood Rectangle Automotive exterior Gas Bumper


Wood Flooring Automotive tire Floor Rectangle


If you do a Google, you will find some videos putting a better twist on this little product then me.

Hey, this tool may not be everyone's cup of tea, but then again I'm a coffee drinker and if you don't like the ideaā€¦ don't read the article!.
 

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#2 Ā·
Rivet Nut...! What...? How...? Where...?

Boys and Girls,
While window shopping in my local men's shoe shop (tool shop), I came across what looked like a more user friendly pop rivetter.

Hood Blue Motor vehicle Vehicle Gas


After some dumb questions, I was informed it was a Rivet Nut Setter.

QuĆ©ā€¦???... I asked the salesman to speak into my good eye. He informed me it was a tool for inserting metal threads into thin metal (sheet metal) using a pop rivet principle.

Now I'm not here to spruik a brand (that's why it's here and not under Reviews) but to make readers aware of the tool in case you may not have stumbled across it while browsing your wife's Women's Weekly magazine.

As soon as the salesman described it, my mind started running amuck and while I had no idea where I would use it, I could foresee its use in some of my jigs and workshop attachments.

Disclaimerā€¦ Now this does not replace the traditional tapping of thick metal or timber, however, it is ideal for thin materialā€¦ have not tried it in thin ply but I believe it may work.
The thickness of material is governed by the "compression collar" on the nut which increases as you move up the guage.

Purchased it for $122(Aus., slight discount). The gun came with the full range of threaded (3, 4, 5, 6. 8 and 10mm) mandrels and a teaser of 10 of each rivet nuts.
Gas Technology Computer hardware Machine Audio equipment


Got it home, unpacked it and mused over a cask of vino of where I could use it (the gun, not the vino). I proceeded to prepare some samples to demonstrate its use to inquisitive visitors to my workshop and quickly forgot about it with the assistance of an overindulgence of the red fluid.

Started working on a project and spent some time looking for a knob used on my router to hold an "outrigger".
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Gas Auto part


Wood Gas Ingredient Machine Coffee substitute


This knob is already a replacement due to me losing the original one. Hey, Festool is metricā€¦ my nuts (riveter) are metricā€¦
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Automotive exterior Flooring


The knob had a 5mm thread so I drilled a 11mm hole in the plastic formfit systainer insert. Popped a 5mm nut in there and voilaā€¦ now had a permanent place for that bloody recalcitrant knob.
Air gun Trigger Gas Gun barrel Auto part


Grey Automotive design Bumper Automotive tire Automotive exterior


OKā€¦ I'll confess, you don't need to part with all those shekels to buy a Festool OF1400 router for finding a use for these rivet nut, however, I'm sure you may find use for it elsewhere in the workshop, your car or the missus car (the broomstickā€¦ hey, I'm not sexistā€¦ Harry Potter rides one).

To use it, you put in the appropriate mandrell, thread on the right nutā€¦ don't, repeat don't forget to drill a hole in your target material otherwise it's too hard to push through,
Watercraft Wood Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies Floor Flooring


Wood Automotive tire Rim Gas Bicycle part


Push the handles, but unlike a pop rivet where you snap the pin,

(I tried it on a piece of timber before I got the Festool brainwave and snapped it along the grain from too much forceā€¦
Wood Wood stain Flooring Wooden block Floor

however, you get to see how the "collar" compresses, rather than at the end like a pop rivetā€¦)

snug it up till the "collar" compresses till it gives a tight fit in the hole.
Road surface Grey Wood Asphalt Composite material


Wood Rectangle Automotive exterior Gas Bumper


Wood Flooring Automotive tire Floor Rectangle


If you do a Google, you will find some videos putting a better twist on this little product then me.

Hey, this tool may not be everyone's cup of tea, but then again I'm a coffee drinker and if you don't like the ideaā€¦ don't read the article!.
Hey that's cool! Have not seen this before. Can see it being useful. Thanks for the What-how-where Rivet Nut blog!!!
 

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#3 Ā·
Rivet Nut...! What...? How...? Where...?

Boys and Girls,
While window shopping in my local men's shoe shop (tool shop), I came across what looked like a more user friendly pop rivetter.

Hood Blue Motor vehicle Vehicle Gas


After some dumb questions, I was informed it was a Rivet Nut Setter.

QuĆ©ā€¦???... I asked the salesman to speak into my good eye. He informed me it was a tool for inserting metal threads into thin metal (sheet metal) using a pop rivet principle.

Now I'm not here to spruik a brand (that's why it's here and not under Reviews) but to make readers aware of the tool in case you may not have stumbled across it while browsing your wife's Women's Weekly magazine.

As soon as the salesman described it, my mind started running amuck and while I had no idea where I would use it, I could foresee its use in some of my jigs and workshop attachments.

Disclaimerā€¦ Now this does not replace the traditional tapping of thick metal or timber, however, it is ideal for thin materialā€¦ have not tried it in thin ply but I believe it may work.
The thickness of material is governed by the "compression collar" on the nut which increases as you move up the guage.

Purchased it for $122(Aus., slight discount). The gun came with the full range of threaded (3, 4, 5, 6. 8 and 10mm) mandrels and a teaser of 10 of each rivet nuts.
Gas Technology Computer hardware Machine Audio equipment


Got it home, unpacked it and mused over a cask of vino of where I could use it (the gun, not the vino). I proceeded to prepare some samples to demonstrate its use to inquisitive visitors to my workshop and quickly forgot about it with the assistance of an overindulgence of the red fluid.

Started working on a project and spent some time looking for a knob used on my router to hold an "outrigger".
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Gas Auto part


Wood Gas Ingredient Machine Coffee substitute


This knob is already a replacement due to me losing the original one. Hey, Festool is metricā€¦ my nuts (riveter) are metricā€¦
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Automotive exterior Flooring


The knob had a 5mm thread so I drilled a 11mm hole in the plastic formfit systainer insert. Popped a 5mm nut in there and voilaā€¦ now had a permanent place for that bloody recalcitrant knob.
Air gun Trigger Gas Gun barrel Auto part


Grey Automotive design Bumper Automotive tire Automotive exterior


OKā€¦ I'll confess, you don't need to part with all those shekels to buy a Festool OF1400 router for finding a use for these rivet nut, however, I'm sure you may find use for it elsewhere in the workshop, your car or the missus car (the broomstickā€¦ hey, I'm not sexistā€¦ Harry Potter rides one).

To use it, you put in the appropriate mandrell, thread on the right nutā€¦ don't, repeat don't forget to drill a hole in your target material otherwise it's too hard to push through,
Watercraft Wood Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies Floor Flooring


Wood Automotive tire Rim Gas Bicycle part


Push the handles, but unlike a pop rivet where you snap the pin,

(I tried it on a piece of timber before I got the Festool brainwave and snapped it along the grain from too much forceā€¦
Wood Wood stain Flooring Wooden block Floor

however, you get to see how the "collar" compresses, rather than at the end like a pop rivetā€¦)

snug it up till the "collar" compresses till it gives a tight fit in the hole.
Road surface Grey Wood Asphalt Composite material


Wood Rectangle Automotive exterior Gas Bumper


Wood Flooring Automotive tire Floor Rectangle


If you do a Google, you will find some videos putting a better twist on this little product then me.

Hey, this tool may not be everyone's cup of tea, but then again I'm a coffee drinker and if you don't like the ideaā€¦ don't read the article!.
We called them Riv-nuts. Whatever the name, they still work the same. They were very good on thin material, but they were not so good on the thick material. we had a difficult time getting them to set on 1/2" (13mm) material. It worked great on anything less than 1/4". Pretty cool, cinches like a rivet, but has a threaded insert when you are done.
 

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#4 Ā·
Rivet Nut...! What...? How...? Where...?

Boys and Girls,
While window shopping in my local men's shoe shop (tool shop), I came across what looked like a more user friendly pop rivetter.

Hood Blue Motor vehicle Vehicle Gas


After some dumb questions, I was informed it was a Rivet Nut Setter.

QuĆ©ā€¦???... I asked the salesman to speak into my good eye. He informed me it was a tool for inserting metal threads into thin metal (sheet metal) using a pop rivet principle.

Now I'm not here to spruik a brand (that's why it's here and not under Reviews) but to make readers aware of the tool in case you may not have stumbled across it while browsing your wife's Women's Weekly magazine.

As soon as the salesman described it, my mind started running amuck and while I had no idea where I would use it, I could foresee its use in some of my jigs and workshop attachments.

Disclaimerā€¦ Now this does not replace the traditional tapping of thick metal or timber, however, it is ideal for thin materialā€¦ have not tried it in thin ply but I believe it may work.
The thickness of material is governed by the "compression collar" on the nut which increases as you move up the guage.

Purchased it for $122(Aus., slight discount). The gun came with the full range of threaded (3, 4, 5, 6. 8 and 10mm) mandrels and a teaser of 10 of each rivet nuts.
Gas Technology Computer hardware Machine Audio equipment


Got it home, unpacked it and mused over a cask of vino of where I could use it (the gun, not the vino). I proceeded to prepare some samples to demonstrate its use to inquisitive visitors to my workshop and quickly forgot about it with the assistance of an overindulgence of the red fluid.

Started working on a project and spent some time looking for a knob used on my router to hold an "outrigger".
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Gas Auto part


Wood Gas Ingredient Machine Coffee substitute


This knob is already a replacement due to me losing the original one. Hey, Festool is metricā€¦ my nuts (riveter) are metricā€¦
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Automotive exterior Flooring


The knob had a 5mm thread so I drilled a 11mm hole in the plastic formfit systainer insert. Popped a 5mm nut in there and voilaā€¦ now had a permanent place for that bloody recalcitrant knob.
Air gun Trigger Gas Gun barrel Auto part


Grey Automotive design Bumper Automotive tire Automotive exterior


OKā€¦ I'll confess, you don't need to part with all those shekels to buy a Festool OF1400 router for finding a use for these rivet nut, however, I'm sure you may find use for it elsewhere in the workshop, your car or the missus car (the broomstickā€¦ hey, I'm not sexistā€¦ Harry Potter rides one).

To use it, you put in the appropriate mandrell, thread on the right nutā€¦ don't, repeat don't forget to drill a hole in your target material otherwise it's too hard to push through,
Watercraft Wood Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies Floor Flooring


Wood Automotive tire Rim Gas Bicycle part


Push the handles, but unlike a pop rivet where you snap the pin,

(I tried it on a piece of timber before I got the Festool brainwave and snapped it along the grain from too much forceā€¦
Wood Wood stain Flooring Wooden block Floor

however, you get to see how the "collar" compresses, rather than at the end like a pop rivetā€¦)

snug it up till the "collar" compresses till it gives a tight fit in the hole.
Road surface Grey Wood Asphalt Composite material


Wood Rectangle Automotive exterior Gas Bumper


Wood Flooring Automotive tire Floor Rectangle


If you do a Google, you will find some videos putting a better twist on this little product then me.

Hey, this tool may not be everyone's cup of tea, but then again I'm a coffee drinker and if you don't like the ideaā€¦ don't read the article!.
Hehe - New toys can be fun. :)
Been using rivet nuts for long time.

FWIW -
Harbor Freight in US sells a cheap $20 riv-nut installation kit that supports nuts 1/4-20 and smaller. Great for occasional use, but if need a tool for regular use or larger sizes, then need a larger and better quality tool.

If you only need to use one size of riv-nut, there are also expandable rivet nut tools that use wrench(es) to compress the rivet into place available for less than HF kit. Once I put a 5/16-18 tool in my wood shop box for jig work, I find many more uses than 1st imagined.

IMHO - Best part about riv-nut is they have larger allowable tolerance on hole diameter than other threaded inserts for metal like press-in PEM nut. You can drill holes with hand drill and not be too worried about less than perfect diameter.

Would never use them on in wood as you learned. But I have used them to repair striped out screw hole in wood, by using a thin metal backing plate(s) on both sides that constrains the rivet to avoid excess pressure on wood. Also need to ensure you match rivet length to thickness of metal. Too much or too little compression on rivet results in weak bond and rivet insert will spin in hole.

Cheers!
 

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#5 Ā·
Rivet Nut...! What...? How...? Where...?

Boys and Girls,
While window shopping in my local men's shoe shop (tool shop), I came across what looked like a more user friendly pop rivetter.

Hood Blue Motor vehicle Vehicle Gas


After some dumb questions, I was informed it was a Rivet Nut Setter.

QuĆ©ā€¦???... I asked the salesman to speak into my good eye. He informed me it was a tool for inserting metal threads into thin metal (sheet metal) using a pop rivet principle.

Now I'm not here to spruik a brand (that's why it's here and not under Reviews) but to make readers aware of the tool in case you may not have stumbled across it while browsing your wife's Women's Weekly magazine.

As soon as the salesman described it, my mind started running amuck and while I had no idea where I would use it, I could foresee its use in some of my jigs and workshop attachments.

Disclaimerā€¦ Now this does not replace the traditional tapping of thick metal or timber, however, it is ideal for thin materialā€¦ have not tried it in thin ply but I believe it may work.
The thickness of material is governed by the "compression collar" on the nut which increases as you move up the guage.

Purchased it for $122(Aus., slight discount). The gun came with the full range of threaded (3, 4, 5, 6. 8 and 10mm) mandrels and a teaser of 10 of each rivet nuts.
Gas Technology Computer hardware Machine Audio equipment


Got it home, unpacked it and mused over a cask of vino of where I could use it (the gun, not the vino). I proceeded to prepare some samples to demonstrate its use to inquisitive visitors to my workshop and quickly forgot about it with the assistance of an overindulgence of the red fluid.

Started working on a project and spent some time looking for a knob used on my router to hold an "outrigger".
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Gas Auto part


Wood Gas Ingredient Machine Coffee substitute


This knob is already a replacement due to me losing the original one. Hey, Festool is metricā€¦ my nuts (riveter) are metricā€¦
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Automotive exterior Flooring


The knob had a 5mm thread so I drilled a 11mm hole in the plastic formfit systainer insert. Popped a 5mm nut in there and voilaā€¦ now had a permanent place for that bloody recalcitrant knob.
Air gun Trigger Gas Gun barrel Auto part


Grey Automotive design Bumper Automotive tire Automotive exterior


OKā€¦ I'll confess, you don't need to part with all those shekels to buy a Festool OF1400 router for finding a use for these rivet nut, however, I'm sure you may find use for it elsewhere in the workshop, your car or the missus car (the broomstickā€¦ hey, I'm not sexistā€¦ Harry Potter rides one).

To use it, you put in the appropriate mandrell, thread on the right nutā€¦ don't, repeat don't forget to drill a hole in your target material otherwise it's too hard to push through,
Watercraft Wood Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies Floor Flooring


Wood Automotive tire Rim Gas Bicycle part


Push the handles, but unlike a pop rivet where you snap the pin,

(I tried it on a piece of timber before I got the Festool brainwave and snapped it along the grain from too much forceā€¦
Wood Wood stain Flooring Wooden block Floor

however, you get to see how the "collar" compresses, rather than at the end like a pop rivetā€¦)

snug it up till the "collar" compresses till it gives a tight fit in the hole.
Road surface Grey Wood Asphalt Composite material


Wood Rectangle Automotive exterior Gas Bumper


Wood Flooring Automotive tire Floor Rectangle


If you do a Google, you will find some videos putting a better twist on this little product then me.

Hey, this tool may not be everyone's cup of tea, but then again I'm a coffee drinker and if you don't like the ideaā€¦ don't read the article!.
Having never seen or heard of them before I have a tad less than none experienceā€¦ it's 2 days, 3 rivets oldā€¦. so I can only imagine potential use.
.... Have not seen this beforeā€¦.
- WeekendWoodworking
It'll be interesting to see how many W'W's there are out there.

..... had a difficult time getting them to set on 1/2" (13mm) material. It worked great on anything less than 1/4".....
- CO_Goose
I would not even hesitate in tapping anything over about 4mm with either metal/wood taps as there would be enough meat to fake a reasonable thread. However, I can see extensive benefits for anything <4mm.

Would never replace the trusty bolt and nut but can see major inroads when the nut belongs on the inaccessible other side of the fence.
 

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#6 Ā·
Rivet Nut...! What...? How...? Where...?

Boys and Girls,
While window shopping in my local men's shoe shop (tool shop), I came across what looked like a more user friendly pop rivetter.

Hood Blue Motor vehicle Vehicle Gas


After some dumb questions, I was informed it was a Rivet Nut Setter.

QuĆ©ā€¦???... I asked the salesman to speak into my good eye. He informed me it was a tool for inserting metal threads into thin metal (sheet metal) using a pop rivet principle.

Now I'm not here to spruik a brand (that's why it's here and not under Reviews) but to make readers aware of the tool in case you may not have stumbled across it while browsing your wife's Women's Weekly magazine.

As soon as the salesman described it, my mind started running amuck and while I had no idea where I would use it, I could foresee its use in some of my jigs and workshop attachments.

Disclaimerā€¦ Now this does not replace the traditional tapping of thick metal or timber, however, it is ideal for thin materialā€¦ have not tried it in thin ply but I believe it may work.
The thickness of material is governed by the "compression collar" on the nut which increases as you move up the guage.

Purchased it for $122(Aus., slight discount). The gun came with the full range of threaded (3, 4, 5, 6. 8 and 10mm) mandrels and a teaser of 10 of each rivet nuts.
Gas Technology Computer hardware Machine Audio equipment


Got it home, unpacked it and mused over a cask of vino of where I could use it (the gun, not the vino). I proceeded to prepare some samples to demonstrate its use to inquisitive visitors to my workshop and quickly forgot about it with the assistance of an overindulgence of the red fluid.

Started working on a project and spent some time looking for a knob used on my router to hold an "outrigger".
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Gas Auto part


Wood Gas Ingredient Machine Coffee substitute


This knob is already a replacement due to me losing the original one. Hey, Festool is metricā€¦ my nuts (riveter) are metricā€¦
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Automotive exterior Flooring


The knob had a 5mm thread so I drilled a 11mm hole in the plastic formfit systainer insert. Popped a 5mm nut in there and voilaā€¦ now had a permanent place for that bloody recalcitrant knob.
Air gun Trigger Gas Gun barrel Auto part


Grey Automotive design Bumper Automotive tire Automotive exterior


OKā€¦ I'll confess, you don't need to part with all those shekels to buy a Festool OF1400 router for finding a use for these rivet nut, however, I'm sure you may find use for it elsewhere in the workshop, your car or the missus car (the broomstickā€¦ hey, I'm not sexistā€¦ Harry Potter rides one).

To use it, you put in the appropriate mandrell, thread on the right nutā€¦ don't, repeat don't forget to drill a hole in your target material otherwise it's too hard to push through,
Watercraft Wood Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies Floor Flooring


Wood Automotive tire Rim Gas Bicycle part


Push the handles, but unlike a pop rivet where you snap the pin,

(I tried it on a piece of timber before I got the Festool brainwave and snapped it along the grain from too much forceā€¦
Wood Wood stain Flooring Wooden block Floor

however, you get to see how the "collar" compresses, rather than at the end like a pop rivetā€¦)

snug it up till the "collar" compresses till it gives a tight fit in the hole.
Road surface Grey Wood Asphalt Composite material


Wood Rectangle Automotive exterior Gas Bumper


Wood Flooring Automotive tire Floor Rectangle


If you do a Google, you will find some videos putting a better twist on this little product then me.

Hey, this tool may not be everyone's cup of tea, but then again I'm a coffee drinker and if you don't like the ideaā€¦ don't read the article!.
Yo LBD great piece of kit

I couldnt live without my nut setter!

You can also get stud setter as well but I am tipping your across them anyway!

You can use them on wood but you need rubber types from memory.

Wait I will go look, ... Ill be back!
 

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#7 Ā·
Rivet Nut...! What...? How...? Where...?

Boys and Girls,
While window shopping in my local men's shoe shop (tool shop), I came across what looked like a more user friendly pop rivetter.

Hood Blue Motor vehicle Vehicle Gas


After some dumb questions, I was informed it was a Rivet Nut Setter.

QuĆ©ā€¦???... I asked the salesman to speak into my good eye. He informed me it was a tool for inserting metal threads into thin metal (sheet metal) using a pop rivet principle.

Now I'm not here to spruik a brand (that's why it's here and not under Reviews) but to make readers aware of the tool in case you may not have stumbled across it while browsing your wife's Women's Weekly magazine.

As soon as the salesman described it, my mind started running amuck and while I had no idea where I would use it, I could foresee its use in some of my jigs and workshop attachments.

Disclaimerā€¦ Now this does not replace the traditional tapping of thick metal or timber, however, it is ideal for thin materialā€¦ have not tried it in thin ply but I believe it may work.
The thickness of material is governed by the "compression collar" on the nut which increases as you move up the guage.

Purchased it for $122(Aus., slight discount). The gun came with the full range of threaded (3, 4, 5, 6. 8 and 10mm) mandrels and a teaser of 10 of each rivet nuts.
Gas Technology Computer hardware Machine Audio equipment


Got it home, unpacked it and mused over a cask of vino of where I could use it (the gun, not the vino). I proceeded to prepare some samples to demonstrate its use to inquisitive visitors to my workshop and quickly forgot about it with the assistance of an overindulgence of the red fluid.

Started working on a project and spent some time looking for a knob used on my router to hold an "outrigger".
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Gas Auto part


Wood Gas Ingredient Machine Coffee substitute


This knob is already a replacement due to me losing the original one. Hey, Festool is metricā€¦ my nuts (riveter) are metricā€¦
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Automotive exterior Flooring


The knob had a 5mm thread so I drilled a 11mm hole in the plastic formfit systainer insert. Popped a 5mm nut in there and voilaā€¦ now had a permanent place for that bloody recalcitrant knob.
Air gun Trigger Gas Gun barrel Auto part


Grey Automotive design Bumper Automotive tire Automotive exterior


OKā€¦ I'll confess, you don't need to part with all those shekels to buy a Festool OF1400 router for finding a use for these rivet nut, however, I'm sure you may find use for it elsewhere in the workshop, your car or the missus car (the broomstickā€¦ hey, I'm not sexistā€¦ Harry Potter rides one).

To use it, you put in the appropriate mandrell, thread on the right nutā€¦ don't, repeat don't forget to drill a hole in your target material otherwise it's too hard to push through,
Watercraft Wood Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies Floor Flooring


Wood Automotive tire Rim Gas Bicycle part


Push the handles, but unlike a pop rivet where you snap the pin,

(I tried it on a piece of timber before I got the Festool brainwave and snapped it along the grain from too much forceā€¦
Wood Wood stain Flooring Wooden block Floor

however, you get to see how the "collar" compresses, rather than at the end like a pop rivetā€¦)

snug it up till the "collar" compresses till it gives a tight fit in the hole.
Road surface Grey Wood Asphalt Composite material


Wood Rectangle Automotive exterior Gas Bumper


Wood Flooring Automotive tire Floor Rectangle


If you do a Google, you will find some videos putting a better twist on this little product then me.

Hey, this tool may not be everyone's cup of tea, but then again I'm a coffee drinker and if you don't like the ideaā€¦ don't read the article!.
OK I am backā€¦ here is the scoop, rather than clutter up you excellent post, check out this website.
Its all here

http://www.rivtec.com.au/

BTW you can also install them with just a bolt, nut and spanner if you by accident break the anvil while doing a job.
 

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#8 Ā·
Rivet Nut...! What...? How...? Where...?

Boys and Girls,
While window shopping in my local men's shoe shop (tool shop), I came across what looked like a more user friendly pop rivetter.

Hood Blue Motor vehicle Vehicle Gas


After some dumb questions, I was informed it was a Rivet Nut Setter.

QuĆ©ā€¦???... I asked the salesman to speak into my good eye. He informed me it was a tool for inserting metal threads into thin metal (sheet metal) using a pop rivet principle.

Now I'm not here to spruik a brand (that's why it's here and not under Reviews) but to make readers aware of the tool in case you may not have stumbled across it while browsing your wife's Women's Weekly magazine.

As soon as the salesman described it, my mind started running amuck and while I had no idea where I would use it, I could foresee its use in some of my jigs and workshop attachments.

Disclaimerā€¦ Now this does not replace the traditional tapping of thick metal or timber, however, it is ideal for thin materialā€¦ have not tried it in thin ply but I believe it may work.
The thickness of material is governed by the "compression collar" on the nut which increases as you move up the guage.

Purchased it for $122(Aus., slight discount). The gun came with the full range of threaded (3, 4, 5, 6. 8 and 10mm) mandrels and a teaser of 10 of each rivet nuts.
Gas Technology Computer hardware Machine Audio equipment


Got it home, unpacked it and mused over a cask of vino of where I could use it (the gun, not the vino). I proceeded to prepare some samples to demonstrate its use to inquisitive visitors to my workshop and quickly forgot about it with the assistance of an overindulgence of the red fluid.

Started working on a project and spent some time looking for a knob used on my router to hold an "outrigger".
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Gas Auto part


Wood Gas Ingredient Machine Coffee substitute


This knob is already a replacement due to me losing the original one. Hey, Festool is metricā€¦ my nuts (riveter) are metricā€¦
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Automotive exterior Flooring


The knob had a 5mm thread so I drilled a 11mm hole in the plastic formfit systainer insert. Popped a 5mm nut in there and voilaā€¦ now had a permanent place for that bloody recalcitrant knob.
Air gun Trigger Gas Gun barrel Auto part


Grey Automotive design Bumper Automotive tire Automotive exterior


OKā€¦ I'll confess, you don't need to part with all those shekels to buy a Festool OF1400 router for finding a use for these rivet nut, however, I'm sure you may find use for it elsewhere in the workshop, your car or the missus car (the broomstickā€¦ hey, I'm not sexistā€¦ Harry Potter rides one).

To use it, you put in the appropriate mandrell, thread on the right nutā€¦ don't, repeat don't forget to drill a hole in your target material otherwise it's too hard to push through,
Watercraft Wood Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies Floor Flooring


Wood Automotive tire Rim Gas Bicycle part


Push the handles, but unlike a pop rivet where you snap the pin,

(I tried it on a piece of timber before I got the Festool brainwave and snapped it along the grain from too much forceā€¦
Wood Wood stain Flooring Wooden block Floor

however, you get to see how the "collar" compresses, rather than at the end like a pop rivetā€¦)

snug it up till the "collar" compresses till it gives a tight fit in the hole.
Road surface Grey Wood Asphalt Composite material


Wood Rectangle Automotive exterior Gas Bumper


Wood Flooring Automotive tire Floor Rectangle


If you do a Google, you will find some videos putting a better twist on this little product then me.

Hey, this tool may not be everyone's cup of tea, but then again I'm a coffee drinker and if you don't like the ideaā€¦ don't read the article!.
Well Alex, I'm pleased for you keeping your learning going in new fieldsā€¦

BUT SORRY SIR, I have used them since leaving the Navy and starting in civilian employment 40 years agoā€¦

Now saying that, I'm still amazed at what i think is new stuff that other tech's and trades use dailyā€¦

PS - Good review!!
 

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#9 Ā·
Rivet Nut...! What...? How...? Where...?

Boys and Girls,
While window shopping in my local men's shoe shop (tool shop), I came across what looked like a more user friendly pop rivetter.

Hood Blue Motor vehicle Vehicle Gas


After some dumb questions, I was informed it was a Rivet Nut Setter.

QuĆ©ā€¦???... I asked the salesman to speak into my good eye. He informed me it was a tool for inserting metal threads into thin metal (sheet metal) using a pop rivet principle.

Now I'm not here to spruik a brand (that's why it's here and not under Reviews) but to make readers aware of the tool in case you may not have stumbled across it while browsing your wife's Women's Weekly magazine.

As soon as the salesman described it, my mind started running amuck and while I had no idea where I would use it, I could foresee its use in some of my jigs and workshop attachments.

Disclaimerā€¦ Now this does not replace the traditional tapping of thick metal or timber, however, it is ideal for thin materialā€¦ have not tried it in thin ply but I believe it may work.
The thickness of material is governed by the "compression collar" on the nut which increases as you move up the guage.

Purchased it for $122(Aus., slight discount). The gun came with the full range of threaded (3, 4, 5, 6. 8 and 10mm) mandrels and a teaser of 10 of each rivet nuts.
Gas Technology Computer hardware Machine Audio equipment


Got it home, unpacked it and mused over a cask of vino of where I could use it (the gun, not the vino). I proceeded to prepare some samples to demonstrate its use to inquisitive visitors to my workshop and quickly forgot about it with the assistance of an overindulgence of the red fluid.

Started working on a project and spent some time looking for a knob used on my router to hold an "outrigger".
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Gas Auto part


Wood Gas Ingredient Machine Coffee substitute


This knob is already a replacement due to me losing the original one. Hey, Festool is metricā€¦ my nuts (riveter) are metricā€¦
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Automotive exterior Flooring


The knob had a 5mm thread so I drilled a 11mm hole in the plastic formfit systainer insert. Popped a 5mm nut in there and voilaā€¦ now had a permanent place for that bloody recalcitrant knob.
Air gun Trigger Gas Gun barrel Auto part


Grey Automotive design Bumper Automotive tire Automotive exterior


OKā€¦ I'll confess, you don't need to part with all those shekels to buy a Festool OF1400 router for finding a use for these rivet nut, however, I'm sure you may find use for it elsewhere in the workshop, your car or the missus car (the broomstickā€¦ hey, I'm not sexistā€¦ Harry Potter rides one).

To use it, you put in the appropriate mandrell, thread on the right nutā€¦ don't, repeat don't forget to drill a hole in your target material otherwise it's too hard to push through,
Watercraft Wood Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies Floor Flooring


Wood Automotive tire Rim Gas Bicycle part


Push the handles, but unlike a pop rivet where you snap the pin,

(I tried it on a piece of timber before I got the Festool brainwave and snapped it along the grain from too much forceā€¦
Wood Wood stain Flooring Wooden block Floor

however, you get to see how the "collar" compresses, rather than at the end like a pop rivetā€¦)

snug it up till the "collar" compresses till it gives a tight fit in the hole.
Road surface Grey Wood Asphalt Composite material


Wood Rectangle Automotive exterior Gas Bumper


Wood Flooring Automotive tire Floor Rectangle


If you do a Google, you will find some videos putting a better twist on this little product then me.

Hey, this tool may not be everyone's cup of tea, but then again I'm a coffee drinker and if you don't like the ideaā€¦ don't read the article!.
A Good tool to have when you need a fix!
I've seen these nut setters (good to have but) for me I need a problem before I take a tool like this home. So far I left this tool on shelf at the store; if I ever need one I know where to get one. Maybe I'm just lazy and don't do enough work. LOL! I bought a heavy duty pop riveting tool to fix one pop rivet on my truck's Tonneau cover and that was over two years ago now it sits on hook in the shop doing nothing. I confess that I love tools but not having the space for every tool I drool over I must let the store keep it until I'm desperate!
Nice review bog LBD!
 

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#10 Ā·
Rivet Nut...! What...? How...? Where...?

Boys and Girls,
While window shopping in my local men's shoe shop (tool shop), I came across what looked like a more user friendly pop rivetter.

Hood Blue Motor vehicle Vehicle Gas


After some dumb questions, I was informed it was a Rivet Nut Setter.

QuĆ©ā€¦???... I asked the salesman to speak into my good eye. He informed me it was a tool for inserting metal threads into thin metal (sheet metal) using a pop rivet principle.

Now I'm not here to spruik a brand (that's why it's here and not under Reviews) but to make readers aware of the tool in case you may not have stumbled across it while browsing your wife's Women's Weekly magazine.

As soon as the salesman described it, my mind started running amuck and while I had no idea where I would use it, I could foresee its use in some of my jigs and workshop attachments.

Disclaimerā€¦ Now this does not replace the traditional tapping of thick metal or timber, however, it is ideal for thin materialā€¦ have not tried it in thin ply but I believe it may work.
The thickness of material is governed by the "compression collar" on the nut which increases as you move up the guage.

Purchased it for $122(Aus., slight discount). The gun came with the full range of threaded (3, 4, 5, 6. 8 and 10mm) mandrels and a teaser of 10 of each rivet nuts.
Gas Technology Computer hardware Machine Audio equipment


Got it home, unpacked it and mused over a cask of vino of where I could use it (the gun, not the vino). I proceeded to prepare some samples to demonstrate its use to inquisitive visitors to my workshop and quickly forgot about it with the assistance of an overindulgence of the red fluid.

Started working on a project and spent some time looking for a knob used on my router to hold an "outrigger".
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Gas Auto part


Wood Gas Ingredient Machine Coffee substitute


This knob is already a replacement due to me losing the original one. Hey, Festool is metricā€¦ my nuts (riveter) are metricā€¦
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Automotive exterior Flooring


The knob had a 5mm thread so I drilled a 11mm hole in the plastic formfit systainer insert. Popped a 5mm nut in there and voilaā€¦ now had a permanent place for that bloody recalcitrant knob.
Air gun Trigger Gas Gun barrel Auto part


Grey Automotive design Bumper Automotive tire Automotive exterior


OKā€¦ I'll confess, you don't need to part with all those shekels to buy a Festool OF1400 router for finding a use for these rivet nut, however, I'm sure you may find use for it elsewhere in the workshop, your car or the missus car (the broomstickā€¦ hey, I'm not sexistā€¦ Harry Potter rides one).

To use it, you put in the appropriate mandrell, thread on the right nutā€¦ don't, repeat don't forget to drill a hole in your target material otherwise it's too hard to push through,
Watercraft Wood Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies Floor Flooring


Wood Automotive tire Rim Gas Bicycle part


Push the handles, but unlike a pop rivet where you snap the pin,

(I tried it on a piece of timber before I got the Festool brainwave and snapped it along the grain from too much forceā€¦
Wood Wood stain Flooring Wooden block Floor

however, you get to see how the "collar" compresses, rather than at the end like a pop rivetā€¦)

snug it up till the "collar" compresses till it gives a tight fit in the hole.
Road surface Grey Wood Asphalt Composite material


Wood Rectangle Automotive exterior Gas Bumper


Wood Flooring Automotive tire Floor Rectangle


If you do a Google, you will find some videos putting a better twist on this little product then me.

Hey, this tool may not be everyone's cup of tea, but then again I'm a coffee drinker and if you don't like the ideaā€¦ don't read the article!.
.... I have used them since leaving the Navy and starting in civilian employment 40 years agoā€¦
- crowie
A lot of feedback indicates that these have been around for years and used by many. If someone bothered to do a write up years ago (and I got off my arse and read it!), I would have made extensive use of these on my jigs over time gone by.

It is for that reason I am posting thisā€¦. for the odd few that are unaware of it.
 

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#11 Ā·
Rivet Nut...! What...? How...? Where...?

Boys and Girls,
While window shopping in my local men's shoe shop (tool shop), I came across what looked like a more user friendly pop rivetter.

Hood Blue Motor vehicle Vehicle Gas


After some dumb questions, I was informed it was a Rivet Nut Setter.

QuĆ©ā€¦???... I asked the salesman to speak into my good eye. He informed me it was a tool for inserting metal threads into thin metal (sheet metal) using a pop rivet principle.

Now I'm not here to spruik a brand (that's why it's here and not under Reviews) but to make readers aware of the tool in case you may not have stumbled across it while browsing your wife's Women's Weekly magazine.

As soon as the salesman described it, my mind started running amuck and while I had no idea where I would use it, I could foresee its use in some of my jigs and workshop attachments.

Disclaimerā€¦ Now this does not replace the traditional tapping of thick metal or timber, however, it is ideal for thin materialā€¦ have not tried it in thin ply but I believe it may work.
The thickness of material is governed by the "compression collar" on the nut which increases as you move up the guage.

Purchased it for $122(Aus., slight discount). The gun came with the full range of threaded (3, 4, 5, 6. 8 and 10mm) mandrels and a teaser of 10 of each rivet nuts.
Gas Technology Computer hardware Machine Audio equipment


Got it home, unpacked it and mused over a cask of vino of where I could use it (the gun, not the vino). I proceeded to prepare some samples to demonstrate its use to inquisitive visitors to my workshop and quickly forgot about it with the assistance of an overindulgence of the red fluid.

Started working on a project and spent some time looking for a knob used on my router to hold an "outrigger".
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Gas Auto part


Wood Gas Ingredient Machine Coffee substitute


This knob is already a replacement due to me losing the original one. Hey, Festool is metricā€¦ my nuts (riveter) are metricā€¦
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Automotive exterior Flooring


The knob had a 5mm thread so I drilled a 11mm hole in the plastic formfit systainer insert. Popped a 5mm nut in there and voilaā€¦ now had a permanent place for that bloody recalcitrant knob.
Air gun Trigger Gas Gun barrel Auto part


Grey Automotive design Bumper Automotive tire Automotive exterior


OKā€¦ I'll confess, you don't need to part with all those shekels to buy a Festool OF1400 router for finding a use for these rivet nut, however, I'm sure you may find use for it elsewhere in the workshop, your car or the missus car (the broomstickā€¦ hey, I'm not sexistā€¦ Harry Potter rides one).

To use it, you put in the appropriate mandrell, thread on the right nutā€¦ don't, repeat don't forget to drill a hole in your target material otherwise it's too hard to push through,
Watercraft Wood Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies Floor Flooring


Wood Automotive tire Rim Gas Bicycle part


Push the handles, but unlike a pop rivet where you snap the pin,

(I tried it on a piece of timber before I got the Festool brainwave and snapped it along the grain from too much forceā€¦
Wood Wood stain Flooring Wooden block Floor

however, you get to see how the "collar" compresses, rather than at the end like a pop rivetā€¦)

snug it up till the "collar" compresses till it gives a tight fit in the hole.
Road surface Grey Wood Asphalt Composite material


Wood Rectangle Automotive exterior Gas Bumper


Wood Flooring Automotive tire Floor Rectangle


If you do a Google, you will find some videos putting a better twist on this little product then me.

Hey, this tool may not be everyone's cup of tea, but then again I'm a coffee drinker and if you don't like the ideaā€¦ don't read the article!.
I use the aluminum for my boat with aluminum hardware.
A steel insert for steel jobs, have 2 HF setups one at camp one at main house.
 

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#12 Ā·
Rivet Nut...! What...? How...? Where...?

Boys and Girls,
While window shopping in my local men's shoe shop (tool shop), I came across what looked like a more user friendly pop rivetter.

Hood Blue Motor vehicle Vehicle Gas


After some dumb questions, I was informed it was a Rivet Nut Setter.

QuĆ©ā€¦???... I asked the salesman to speak into my good eye. He informed me it was a tool for inserting metal threads into thin metal (sheet metal) using a pop rivet principle.

Now I'm not here to spruik a brand (that's why it's here and not under Reviews) but to make readers aware of the tool in case you may not have stumbled across it while browsing your wife's Women's Weekly magazine.

As soon as the salesman described it, my mind started running amuck and while I had no idea where I would use it, I could foresee its use in some of my jigs and workshop attachments.

Disclaimerā€¦ Now this does not replace the traditional tapping of thick metal or timber, however, it is ideal for thin materialā€¦ have not tried it in thin ply but I believe it may work.
The thickness of material is governed by the "compression collar" on the nut which increases as you move up the guage.

Purchased it for $122(Aus., slight discount). The gun came with the full range of threaded (3, 4, 5, 6. 8 and 10mm) mandrels and a teaser of 10 of each rivet nuts.
Gas Technology Computer hardware Machine Audio equipment


Got it home, unpacked it and mused over a cask of vino of where I could use it (the gun, not the vino). I proceeded to prepare some samples to demonstrate its use to inquisitive visitors to my workshop and quickly forgot about it with the assistance of an overindulgence of the red fluid.

Started working on a project and spent some time looking for a knob used on my router to hold an "outrigger".
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Gas Auto part


Wood Gas Ingredient Machine Coffee substitute


This knob is already a replacement due to me losing the original one. Hey, Festool is metricā€¦ my nuts (riveter) are metricā€¦
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Automotive exterior Flooring


The knob had a 5mm thread so I drilled a 11mm hole in the plastic formfit systainer insert. Popped a 5mm nut in there and voilaā€¦ now had a permanent place for that bloody recalcitrant knob.
Air gun Trigger Gas Gun barrel Auto part


Grey Automotive design Bumper Automotive tire Automotive exterior


OKā€¦ I'll confess, you don't need to part with all those shekels to buy a Festool OF1400 router for finding a use for these rivet nut, however, I'm sure you may find use for it elsewhere in the workshop, your car or the missus car (the broomstickā€¦ hey, I'm not sexistā€¦ Harry Potter rides one).

To use it, you put in the appropriate mandrell, thread on the right nutā€¦ don't, repeat don't forget to drill a hole in your target material otherwise it's too hard to push through,
Watercraft Wood Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies Floor Flooring


Wood Automotive tire Rim Gas Bicycle part


Push the handles, but unlike a pop rivet where you snap the pin,

(I tried it on a piece of timber before I got the Festool brainwave and snapped it along the grain from too much forceā€¦
Wood Wood stain Flooring Wooden block Floor

however, you get to see how the "collar" compresses, rather than at the end like a pop rivetā€¦)

snug it up till the "collar" compresses till it gives a tight fit in the hole.
Road surface Grey Wood Asphalt Composite material


Wood Rectangle Automotive exterior Gas Bumper


Wood Flooring Automotive tire Floor Rectangle


If you do a Google, you will find some videos putting a better twist on this little product then me.

Hey, this tool may not be everyone's cup of tea, but then again I'm a coffee drinker and if you don't like the ideaā€¦ don't read the article!.
It is for that reason I am posting thisā€¦. for the odd few that are unaware of it.-LBD.

youve called me plenty duckie but now ODD,well i wont argue it.ive had a pop rivet toll for many years but like mu buddy tony it just collects dust so as cool a tool as this is ill wait for the nned to arise before adding another dust collector.nice blog though.
 

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#13 Ā·
Rivet Nut...! What...? How...? Where...?

Boys and Girls,
While window shopping in my local men's shoe shop (tool shop), I came across what looked like a more user friendly pop rivetter.

Hood Blue Motor vehicle Vehicle Gas


After some dumb questions, I was informed it was a Rivet Nut Setter.

QuĆ©ā€¦???... I asked the salesman to speak into my good eye. He informed me it was a tool for inserting metal threads into thin metal (sheet metal) using a pop rivet principle.

Now I'm not here to spruik a brand (that's why it's here and not under Reviews) but to make readers aware of the tool in case you may not have stumbled across it while browsing your wife's Women's Weekly magazine.

As soon as the salesman described it, my mind started running amuck and while I had no idea where I would use it, I could foresee its use in some of my jigs and workshop attachments.

Disclaimerā€¦ Now this does not replace the traditional tapping of thick metal or timber, however, it is ideal for thin materialā€¦ have not tried it in thin ply but I believe it may work.
The thickness of material is governed by the "compression collar" on the nut which increases as you move up the guage.

Purchased it for $122(Aus., slight discount). The gun came with the full range of threaded (3, 4, 5, 6. 8 and 10mm) mandrels and a teaser of 10 of each rivet nuts.
Gas Technology Computer hardware Machine Audio equipment


Got it home, unpacked it and mused over a cask of vino of where I could use it (the gun, not the vino). I proceeded to prepare some samples to demonstrate its use to inquisitive visitors to my workshop and quickly forgot about it with the assistance of an overindulgence of the red fluid.

Started working on a project and spent some time looking for a knob used on my router to hold an "outrigger".
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Gas Auto part


Wood Gas Ingredient Machine Coffee substitute


This knob is already a replacement due to me losing the original one. Hey, Festool is metricā€¦ my nuts (riveter) are metricā€¦
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Automotive exterior Flooring


The knob had a 5mm thread so I drilled a 11mm hole in the plastic formfit systainer insert. Popped a 5mm nut in there and voilaā€¦ now had a permanent place for that bloody recalcitrant knob.
Air gun Trigger Gas Gun barrel Auto part


Grey Automotive design Bumper Automotive tire Automotive exterior


OKā€¦ I'll confess, you don't need to part with all those shekels to buy a Festool OF1400 router for finding a use for these rivet nut, however, I'm sure you may find use for it elsewhere in the workshop, your car or the missus car (the broomstickā€¦ hey, I'm not sexistā€¦ Harry Potter rides one).

To use it, you put in the appropriate mandrell, thread on the right nutā€¦ don't, repeat don't forget to drill a hole in your target material otherwise it's too hard to push through,
Watercraft Wood Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies Floor Flooring


Wood Automotive tire Rim Gas Bicycle part


Push the handles, but unlike a pop rivet where you snap the pin,

(I tried it on a piece of timber before I got the Festool brainwave and snapped it along the grain from too much forceā€¦
Wood Wood stain Flooring Wooden block Floor

however, you get to see how the "collar" compresses, rather than at the end like a pop rivetā€¦)

snug it up till the "collar" compresses till it gives a tight fit in the hole.
Road surface Grey Wood Asphalt Composite material


Wood Rectangle Automotive exterior Gas Bumper


Wood Flooring Automotive tire Floor Rectangle


If you do a Google, you will find some videos putting a better twist on this little product then me.

Hey, this tool may not be everyone's cup of tea, but then again I'm a coffee drinker and if you don't like the ideaā€¦ don't read the article!.
Like Fresch, Riv-Nuts were used to install the duck blind on my boat. I was really amazed when I saw them for the first time. Really ingenious.
 

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#14 Ā·
Rivet Nut...! What...? How...? Where...?

Boys and Girls,
While window shopping in my local men's shoe shop (tool shop), I came across what looked like a more user friendly pop rivetter.

Hood Blue Motor vehicle Vehicle Gas


After some dumb questions, I was informed it was a Rivet Nut Setter.

QuĆ©ā€¦???... I asked the salesman to speak into my good eye. He informed me it was a tool for inserting metal threads into thin metal (sheet metal) using a pop rivet principle.

Now I'm not here to spruik a brand (that's why it's here and not under Reviews) but to make readers aware of the tool in case you may not have stumbled across it while browsing your wife's Women's Weekly magazine.

As soon as the salesman described it, my mind started running amuck and while I had no idea where I would use it, I could foresee its use in some of my jigs and workshop attachments.

Disclaimerā€¦ Now this does not replace the traditional tapping of thick metal or timber, however, it is ideal for thin materialā€¦ have not tried it in thin ply but I believe it may work.
The thickness of material is governed by the "compression collar" on the nut which increases as you move up the guage.

Purchased it for $122(Aus., slight discount). The gun came with the full range of threaded (3, 4, 5, 6. 8 and 10mm) mandrels and a teaser of 10 of each rivet nuts.
Gas Technology Computer hardware Machine Audio equipment


Got it home, unpacked it and mused over a cask of vino of where I could use it (the gun, not the vino). I proceeded to prepare some samples to demonstrate its use to inquisitive visitors to my workshop and quickly forgot about it with the assistance of an overindulgence of the red fluid.

Started working on a project and spent some time looking for a knob used on my router to hold an "outrigger".
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Gas Auto part


Wood Gas Ingredient Machine Coffee substitute


This knob is already a replacement due to me losing the original one. Hey, Festool is metricā€¦ my nuts (riveter) are metricā€¦
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Automotive exterior Flooring


The knob had a 5mm thread so I drilled a 11mm hole in the plastic formfit systainer insert. Popped a 5mm nut in there and voilaā€¦ now had a permanent place for that bloody recalcitrant knob.
Air gun Trigger Gas Gun barrel Auto part


Grey Automotive design Bumper Automotive tire Automotive exterior


OKā€¦ I'll confess, you don't need to part with all those shekels to buy a Festool OF1400 router for finding a use for these rivet nut, however, I'm sure you may find use for it elsewhere in the workshop, your car or the missus car (the broomstickā€¦ hey, I'm not sexistā€¦ Harry Potter rides one).

To use it, you put in the appropriate mandrell, thread on the right nutā€¦ don't, repeat don't forget to drill a hole in your target material otherwise it's too hard to push through,
Watercraft Wood Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies Floor Flooring


Wood Automotive tire Rim Gas Bicycle part


Push the handles, but unlike a pop rivet where you snap the pin,

(I tried it on a piece of timber before I got the Festool brainwave and snapped it along the grain from too much forceā€¦
Wood Wood stain Flooring Wooden block Floor

however, you get to see how the "collar" compresses, rather than at the end like a pop rivetā€¦)

snug it up till the "collar" compresses till it gives a tight fit in the hole.
Road surface Grey Wood Asphalt Composite material


Wood Rectangle Automotive exterior Gas Bumper


Wood Flooring Automotive tire Floor Rectangle


If you do a Google, you will find some videos putting a better twist on this little product then me.

Hey, this tool may not be everyone's cup of tea, but then again I'm a coffee drinker and if you don't like the ideaā€¦ don't read the article!.
This is new to me, so I'm happy to see this. I also didn't know HF carried something like this. Might be useful but not in the current state of my shop. Maybe once I finish my Miter station, opportunities may arise to use it. Thanks for posting.
 

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#15 Ā·
Rivet Nut...! What...? How...? Where...?

Boys and Girls,
While window shopping in my local men's shoe shop (tool shop), I came across what looked like a more user friendly pop rivetter.

Hood Blue Motor vehicle Vehicle Gas


After some dumb questions, I was informed it was a Rivet Nut Setter.

QuĆ©ā€¦???... I asked the salesman to speak into my good eye. He informed me it was a tool for inserting metal threads into thin metal (sheet metal) using a pop rivet principle.

Now I'm not here to spruik a brand (that's why it's here and not under Reviews) but to make readers aware of the tool in case you may not have stumbled across it while browsing your wife's Women's Weekly magazine.

As soon as the salesman described it, my mind started running amuck and while I had no idea where I would use it, I could foresee its use in some of my jigs and workshop attachments.

Disclaimerā€¦ Now this does not replace the traditional tapping of thick metal or timber, however, it is ideal for thin materialā€¦ have not tried it in thin ply but I believe it may work.
The thickness of material is governed by the "compression collar" on the nut which increases as you move up the guage.

Purchased it for $122(Aus., slight discount). The gun came with the full range of threaded (3, 4, 5, 6. 8 and 10mm) mandrels and a teaser of 10 of each rivet nuts.
Gas Technology Computer hardware Machine Audio equipment


Got it home, unpacked it and mused over a cask of vino of where I could use it (the gun, not the vino). I proceeded to prepare some samples to demonstrate its use to inquisitive visitors to my workshop and quickly forgot about it with the assistance of an overindulgence of the red fluid.

Started working on a project and spent some time looking for a knob used on my router to hold an "outrigger".
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Gas Auto part


Wood Gas Ingredient Machine Coffee substitute


This knob is already a replacement due to me losing the original one. Hey, Festool is metricā€¦ my nuts (riveter) are metricā€¦
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Automotive exterior Flooring


The knob had a 5mm thread so I drilled a 11mm hole in the plastic formfit systainer insert. Popped a 5mm nut in there and voilaā€¦ now had a permanent place for that bloody recalcitrant knob.
Air gun Trigger Gas Gun barrel Auto part


Grey Automotive design Bumper Automotive tire Automotive exterior


OKā€¦ I'll confess, you don't need to part with all those shekels to buy a Festool OF1400 router for finding a use for these rivet nut, however, I'm sure you may find use for it elsewhere in the workshop, your car or the missus car (the broomstickā€¦ hey, I'm not sexistā€¦ Harry Potter rides one).

To use it, you put in the appropriate mandrell, thread on the right nutā€¦ don't, repeat don't forget to drill a hole in your target material otherwise it's too hard to push through,
Watercraft Wood Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies Floor Flooring


Wood Automotive tire Rim Gas Bicycle part


Push the handles, but unlike a pop rivet where you snap the pin,

(I tried it on a piece of timber before I got the Festool brainwave and snapped it along the grain from too much forceā€¦
Wood Wood stain Flooring Wooden block Floor

however, you get to see how the "collar" compresses, rather than at the end like a pop rivetā€¦)

snug it up till the "collar" compresses till it gives a tight fit in the hole.
Road surface Grey Wood Asphalt Composite material


Wood Rectangle Automotive exterior Gas Bumper


Wood Flooring Automotive tire Floor Rectangle


If you do a Google, you will find some videos putting a better twist on this little product then me.

Hey, this tool may not be everyone's cup of tea, but then again I'm a coffee drinker and if you don't like the ideaā€¦ don't read the article!.
That is a real nice set of tools and fasteners, wish I had it.

I have used a lot of pop rivets and rivnuts, I have a very old, two pulls required, Craftsman rivet tool that accepts two different sizes of rivets/rivnuts. They are a real time and sometimes project saver.

Use a backing washer on the compression side of the rivet/rivnuts when doing thin or softer material but you will need a longer rivet.

I have used them on 1/8" diaphragm rubber with a backing washer and very good luck.
Rivnuts are also handy when you drill an oversize hole you wanted to tap.
 

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#16 Ā·
Rivet Nut...! What...? How...? Where...?

Boys and Girls,
While window shopping in my local men's shoe shop (tool shop), I came across what looked like a more user friendly pop rivetter.

Hood Blue Motor vehicle Vehicle Gas


After some dumb questions, I was informed it was a Rivet Nut Setter.

QuĆ©ā€¦???... I asked the salesman to speak into my good eye. He informed me it was a tool for inserting metal threads into thin metal (sheet metal) using a pop rivet principle.

Now I'm not here to spruik a brand (that's why it's here and not under Reviews) but to make readers aware of the tool in case you may not have stumbled across it while browsing your wife's Women's Weekly magazine.

As soon as the salesman described it, my mind started running amuck and while I had no idea where I would use it, I could foresee its use in some of my jigs and workshop attachments.

Disclaimerā€¦ Now this does not replace the traditional tapping of thick metal or timber, however, it is ideal for thin materialā€¦ have not tried it in thin ply but I believe it may work.
The thickness of material is governed by the "compression collar" on the nut which increases as you move up the guage.

Purchased it for $122(Aus., slight discount). The gun came with the full range of threaded (3, 4, 5, 6. 8 and 10mm) mandrels and a teaser of 10 of each rivet nuts.
Gas Technology Computer hardware Machine Audio equipment


Got it home, unpacked it and mused over a cask of vino of where I could use it (the gun, not the vino). I proceeded to prepare some samples to demonstrate its use to inquisitive visitors to my workshop and quickly forgot about it with the assistance of an overindulgence of the red fluid.

Started working on a project and spent some time looking for a knob used on my router to hold an "outrigger".
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Gas Auto part


Wood Gas Ingredient Machine Coffee substitute


This knob is already a replacement due to me losing the original one. Hey, Festool is metricā€¦ my nuts (riveter) are metricā€¦
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Automotive exterior Flooring


The knob had a 5mm thread so I drilled a 11mm hole in the plastic formfit systainer insert. Popped a 5mm nut in there and voilaā€¦ now had a permanent place for that bloody recalcitrant knob.
Air gun Trigger Gas Gun barrel Auto part


Grey Automotive design Bumper Automotive tire Automotive exterior


OKā€¦ I'll confess, you don't need to part with all those shekels to buy a Festool OF1400 router for finding a use for these rivet nut, however, I'm sure you may find use for it elsewhere in the workshop, your car or the missus car (the broomstickā€¦ hey, I'm not sexistā€¦ Harry Potter rides one).

To use it, you put in the appropriate mandrell, thread on the right nutā€¦ don't, repeat don't forget to drill a hole in your target material otherwise it's too hard to push through,
Watercraft Wood Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies Floor Flooring


Wood Automotive tire Rim Gas Bicycle part


Push the handles, but unlike a pop rivet where you snap the pin,

(I tried it on a piece of timber before I got the Festool brainwave and snapped it along the grain from too much forceā€¦
Wood Wood stain Flooring Wooden block Floor

however, you get to see how the "collar" compresses, rather than at the end like a pop rivetā€¦)

snug it up till the "collar" compresses till it gives a tight fit in the hole.
Road surface Grey Wood Asphalt Composite material


Wood Rectangle Automotive exterior Gas Bumper


Wood Flooring Automotive tire Floor Rectangle


If you do a Google, you will find some videos putting a better twist on this little product then me.

Hey, this tool may not be everyone's cup of tea, but then again I'm a coffee drinker and if you don't like the ideaā€¦ don't read the article!.
I couldnt live without my nut setter!

You can also get stud setter as well but I am tipping your across them anyway!
- robscastle
rc, I couldn't live without my nuts eitherā€¦.

As mentioned, this is new to me and I'm like a kid in a candy shop (woman in a shoe shop or a young man in a bordello)_

Read with interest your aside about the RivStuds which I could find an even greater use for, however, could not find any stud setters while riding the curls at Noosa (surfing). Couldn't find one on the Rivtec site (have sent a Pauline Hanson ["please explain"]). I have observed (a video not a read) that for studs you need a different mandrell "spindle" but they don't seem to be readily available (even if they may be interchangeable between brands).

Can you,

Light Flash photography Rectangle Waist People in nature


shed some light on this for me please?
 

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#17 Ā·
Rivet Nut...! What...? How...? Where...?

Boys and Girls,
While window shopping in my local men's shoe shop (tool shop), I came across what looked like a more user friendly pop rivetter.

Hood Blue Motor vehicle Vehicle Gas


After some dumb questions, I was informed it was a Rivet Nut Setter.

QuĆ©ā€¦???... I asked the salesman to speak into my good eye. He informed me it was a tool for inserting metal threads into thin metal (sheet metal) using a pop rivet principle.

Now I'm not here to spruik a brand (that's why it's here and not under Reviews) but to make readers aware of the tool in case you may not have stumbled across it while browsing your wife's Women's Weekly magazine.

As soon as the salesman described it, my mind started running amuck and while I had no idea where I would use it, I could foresee its use in some of my jigs and workshop attachments.

Disclaimerā€¦ Now this does not replace the traditional tapping of thick metal or timber, however, it is ideal for thin materialā€¦ have not tried it in thin ply but I believe it may work.
The thickness of material is governed by the "compression collar" on the nut which increases as you move up the guage.

Purchased it for $122(Aus., slight discount). The gun came with the full range of threaded (3, 4, 5, 6. 8 and 10mm) mandrels and a teaser of 10 of each rivet nuts.
Gas Technology Computer hardware Machine Audio equipment


Got it home, unpacked it and mused over a cask of vino of where I could use it (the gun, not the vino). I proceeded to prepare some samples to demonstrate its use to inquisitive visitors to my workshop and quickly forgot about it with the assistance of an overindulgence of the red fluid.

Started working on a project and spent some time looking for a knob used on my router to hold an "outrigger".
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Gas Auto part


Wood Gas Ingredient Machine Coffee substitute


This knob is already a replacement due to me losing the original one. Hey, Festool is metricā€¦ my nuts (riveter) are metricā€¦
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Automotive exterior Flooring


The knob had a 5mm thread so I drilled a 11mm hole in the plastic formfit systainer insert. Popped a 5mm nut in there and voilaā€¦ now had a permanent place for that bloody recalcitrant knob.
Air gun Trigger Gas Gun barrel Auto part


Grey Automotive design Bumper Automotive tire Automotive exterior


OKā€¦ I'll confess, you don't need to part with all those shekels to buy a Festool OF1400 router for finding a use for these rivet nut, however, I'm sure you may find use for it elsewhere in the workshop, your car or the missus car (the broomstickā€¦ hey, I'm not sexistā€¦ Harry Potter rides one).

To use it, you put in the appropriate mandrell, thread on the right nutā€¦ don't, repeat don't forget to drill a hole in your target material otherwise it's too hard to push through,
Watercraft Wood Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies Floor Flooring


Wood Automotive tire Rim Gas Bicycle part


Push the handles, but unlike a pop rivet where you snap the pin,

(I tried it on a piece of timber before I got the Festool brainwave and snapped it along the grain from too much forceā€¦
Wood Wood stain Flooring Wooden block Floor

however, you get to see how the "collar" compresses, rather than at the end like a pop rivetā€¦)

snug it up till the "collar" compresses till it gives a tight fit in the hole.
Road surface Grey Wood Asphalt Composite material


Wood Rectangle Automotive exterior Gas Bumper


Wood Flooring Automotive tire Floor Rectangle


If you do a Google, you will find some videos putting a better twist on this little product then me.

Hey, this tool may not be everyone's cup of tea, but then again I'm a coffee drinker and if you don't like the ideaā€¦ don't read the article!.
sheding some light

Riv studs.
Example If you need to put an earth grounding strap on your WW gear to dissapate static build up you could use a nut and bolt and associated tools, or you could insert a riv nut and or a riv stud, fit the grounding straps and bolt it up.

Using a rivnut:-

Electrical wiring Audio equipment Cable Gas Gadget


Using a riv stud:-

Automotive tire Tread Vehicle brake Synthetic rubber Alloy wheel

Then if you are really lazy and dont want to use tools attach a wing nut!

My portable grinder trolley has riv nuts all over it for mounting the grinder motor the veritas adjustable stand the multi outlets and such. If fact these are the low profile type ones and are flush with the surface of the trolley

The stud Mandrill
Yes the mandrill is different, I can post some more images if you wish to see more.
Application, not sure what other WW do but almost all my machines have been modified from loose nuts and bolts to either fixed bolts (studs) or Fixed nuts (riv nuts) any work do on RVs trailers and campers usually gets a workover with Nuts and studs as well I am sure you will appreciate the purchase.

Do I use it a lot? not as much as my table saw but its a tool I would not on sell either.
Mine cost me over $400 so you got a bargain! FAR brand

https://www.far.bo.it/en/ (I am not sure who the patron saint for Italy is but I can go look if you want)

I am surprised you have never seen them before as most IT equipment is riddled with then in the chassis to mount electrical gear and acssociated items. I am assuming you are familiar with cage nuts as well?
They are similar to riv nuts but just snap in and out of equipment rack rails for rack mounted equipment.

P.S. I just noticed Crowie has been using them for years, no doubt the ones he has are the gold type Tee Hee
BTW thats a joke just in case certain LJs missed it.
 

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#18 Ā·
Rivet Nut...! What...? How...? Where...?

Boys and Girls,
While window shopping in my local men's shoe shop (tool shop), I came across what looked like a more user friendly pop rivetter.

Hood Blue Motor vehicle Vehicle Gas


After some dumb questions, I was informed it was a Rivet Nut Setter.

QuĆ©ā€¦???... I asked the salesman to speak into my good eye. He informed me it was a tool for inserting metal threads into thin metal (sheet metal) using a pop rivet principle.

Now I'm not here to spruik a brand (that's why it's here and not under Reviews) but to make readers aware of the tool in case you may not have stumbled across it while browsing your wife's Women's Weekly magazine.

As soon as the salesman described it, my mind started running amuck and while I had no idea where I would use it, I could foresee its use in some of my jigs and workshop attachments.

Disclaimerā€¦ Now this does not replace the traditional tapping of thick metal or timber, however, it is ideal for thin materialā€¦ have not tried it in thin ply but I believe it may work.
The thickness of material is governed by the "compression collar" on the nut which increases as you move up the guage.

Purchased it for $122(Aus., slight discount). The gun came with the full range of threaded (3, 4, 5, 6. 8 and 10mm) mandrels and a teaser of 10 of each rivet nuts.
Gas Technology Computer hardware Machine Audio equipment


Got it home, unpacked it and mused over a cask of vino of where I could use it (the gun, not the vino). I proceeded to prepare some samples to demonstrate its use to inquisitive visitors to my workshop and quickly forgot about it with the assistance of an overindulgence of the red fluid.

Started working on a project and spent some time looking for a knob used on my router to hold an "outrigger".
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Gas Auto part


Wood Gas Ingredient Machine Coffee substitute


This knob is already a replacement due to me losing the original one. Hey, Festool is metricā€¦ my nuts (riveter) are metricā€¦
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Automotive exterior Flooring


The knob had a 5mm thread so I drilled a 11mm hole in the plastic formfit systainer insert. Popped a 5mm nut in there and voilaā€¦ now had a permanent place for that bloody recalcitrant knob.
Air gun Trigger Gas Gun barrel Auto part


Grey Automotive design Bumper Automotive tire Automotive exterior


OKā€¦ I'll confess, you don't need to part with all those shekels to buy a Festool OF1400 router for finding a use for these rivet nut, however, I'm sure you may find use for it elsewhere in the workshop, your car or the missus car (the broomstickā€¦ hey, I'm not sexistā€¦ Harry Potter rides one).

To use it, you put in the appropriate mandrell, thread on the right nutā€¦ don't, repeat don't forget to drill a hole in your target material otherwise it's too hard to push through,
Watercraft Wood Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies Floor Flooring


Wood Automotive tire Rim Gas Bicycle part


Push the handles, but unlike a pop rivet where you snap the pin,

(I tried it on a piece of timber before I got the Festool brainwave and snapped it along the grain from too much forceā€¦
Wood Wood stain Flooring Wooden block Floor

however, you get to see how the "collar" compresses, rather than at the end like a pop rivetā€¦)

snug it up till the "collar" compresses till it gives a tight fit in the hole.
Road surface Grey Wood Asphalt Composite material


Wood Rectangle Automotive exterior Gas Bumper


Wood Flooring Automotive tire Floor Rectangle


If you do a Google, you will find some videos putting a better twist on this little product then me.

Hey, this tool may not be everyone's cup of tea, but then again I'm a coffee drinker and if you don't like the ideaā€¦ don't read the article!.
Can you,

Light Flash photography Rectangle Waist People in nature


shed some light on this for me please?

- LittleBlackDuck
Light People in nature Waist Rectangle Grass
 

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#19 Ā·
Rivet Nut...! What...? How...? Where...?

Boys and Girls,
While window shopping in my local men's shoe shop (tool shop), I came across what looked like a more user friendly pop rivetter.

Hood Blue Motor vehicle Vehicle Gas


After some dumb questions, I was informed it was a Rivet Nut Setter.

QuĆ©ā€¦???... I asked the salesman to speak into my good eye. He informed me it was a tool for inserting metal threads into thin metal (sheet metal) using a pop rivet principle.

Now I'm not here to spruik a brand (that's why it's here and not under Reviews) but to make readers aware of the tool in case you may not have stumbled across it while browsing your wife's Women's Weekly magazine.

As soon as the salesman described it, my mind started running amuck and while I had no idea where I would use it, I could foresee its use in some of my jigs and workshop attachments.

Disclaimerā€¦ Now this does not replace the traditional tapping of thick metal or timber, however, it is ideal for thin materialā€¦ have not tried it in thin ply but I believe it may work.
The thickness of material is governed by the "compression collar" on the nut which increases as you move up the guage.

Purchased it for $122(Aus., slight discount). The gun came with the full range of threaded (3, 4, 5, 6. 8 and 10mm) mandrels and a teaser of 10 of each rivet nuts.
Gas Technology Computer hardware Machine Audio equipment


Got it home, unpacked it and mused over a cask of vino of where I could use it (the gun, not the vino). I proceeded to prepare some samples to demonstrate its use to inquisitive visitors to my workshop and quickly forgot about it with the assistance of an overindulgence of the red fluid.

Started working on a project and spent some time looking for a knob used on my router to hold an "outrigger".
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Gas Auto part


Wood Gas Ingredient Machine Coffee substitute


This knob is already a replacement due to me losing the original one. Hey, Festool is metricā€¦ my nuts (riveter) are metricā€¦
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Automotive exterior Flooring


The knob had a 5mm thread so I drilled a 11mm hole in the plastic formfit systainer insert. Popped a 5mm nut in there and voilaā€¦ now had a permanent place for that bloody recalcitrant knob.
Air gun Trigger Gas Gun barrel Auto part


Grey Automotive design Bumper Automotive tire Automotive exterior


OKā€¦ I'll confess, you don't need to part with all those shekels to buy a Festool OF1400 router for finding a use for these rivet nut, however, I'm sure you may find use for it elsewhere in the workshop, your car or the missus car (the broomstickā€¦ hey, I'm not sexistā€¦ Harry Potter rides one).

To use it, you put in the appropriate mandrell, thread on the right nutā€¦ don't, repeat don't forget to drill a hole in your target material otherwise it's too hard to push through,
Watercraft Wood Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies Floor Flooring


Wood Automotive tire Rim Gas Bicycle part


Push the handles, but unlike a pop rivet where you snap the pin,

(I tried it on a piece of timber before I got the Festool brainwave and snapped it along the grain from too much forceā€¦
Wood Wood stain Flooring Wooden block Floor

however, you get to see how the "collar" compresses, rather than at the end like a pop rivetā€¦)

snug it up till the "collar" compresses till it gives a tight fit in the hole.
Road surface Grey Wood Asphalt Composite material


Wood Rectangle Automotive exterior Gas Bumper


Wood Flooring Automotive tire Floor Rectangle


If you do a Google, you will find some videos putting a better twist on this little product then me.

Hey, this tool may not be everyone's cup of tea, but then again I'm a coffee drinker and if you don't like the ideaā€¦ don't read the article!.
Sorry rc, I was not after the brand of sheds that attract the missus with the garbage canā€¦

I was after where I could buy the Stud setter or the mandrel insert (if it's generic).

Those rubber Rivnuts you mentioned would be ideal (idea yet to be tried) for threaded iin MDF. The "traditional threaded inserts" do not cut the mustard.
 

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#20 Ā·
Rivet Nut...! What...? How...? Where...?

Boys and Girls,
While window shopping in my local men's shoe shop (tool shop), I came across what looked like a more user friendly pop rivetter.

Hood Blue Motor vehicle Vehicle Gas


After some dumb questions, I was informed it was a Rivet Nut Setter.

QuĆ©ā€¦???... I asked the salesman to speak into my good eye. He informed me it was a tool for inserting metal threads into thin metal (sheet metal) using a pop rivet principle.

Now I'm not here to spruik a brand (that's why it's here and not under Reviews) but to make readers aware of the tool in case you may not have stumbled across it while browsing your wife's Women's Weekly magazine.

As soon as the salesman described it, my mind started running amuck and while I had no idea where I would use it, I could foresee its use in some of my jigs and workshop attachments.

Disclaimerā€¦ Now this does not replace the traditional tapping of thick metal or timber, however, it is ideal for thin materialā€¦ have not tried it in thin ply but I believe it may work.
The thickness of material is governed by the "compression collar" on the nut which increases as you move up the guage.

Purchased it for $122(Aus., slight discount). The gun came with the full range of threaded (3, 4, 5, 6. 8 and 10mm) mandrels and a teaser of 10 of each rivet nuts.
Gas Technology Computer hardware Machine Audio equipment


Got it home, unpacked it and mused over a cask of vino of where I could use it (the gun, not the vino). I proceeded to prepare some samples to demonstrate its use to inquisitive visitors to my workshop and quickly forgot about it with the assistance of an overindulgence of the red fluid.

Started working on a project and spent some time looking for a knob used on my router to hold an "outrigger".
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Gas Auto part


Wood Gas Ingredient Machine Coffee substitute


This knob is already a replacement due to me losing the original one. Hey, Festool is metricā€¦ my nuts (riveter) are metricā€¦
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Automotive exterior Flooring


The knob had a 5mm thread so I drilled a 11mm hole in the plastic formfit systainer insert. Popped a 5mm nut in there and voilaā€¦ now had a permanent place for that bloody recalcitrant knob.
Air gun Trigger Gas Gun barrel Auto part


Grey Automotive design Bumper Automotive tire Automotive exterior


OKā€¦ I'll confess, you don't need to part with all those shekels to buy a Festool OF1400 router for finding a use for these rivet nut, however, I'm sure you may find use for it elsewhere in the workshop, your car or the missus car (the broomstickā€¦ hey, I'm not sexistā€¦ Harry Potter rides one).

To use it, you put in the appropriate mandrell, thread on the right nutā€¦ don't, repeat don't forget to drill a hole in your target material otherwise it's too hard to push through,
Watercraft Wood Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies Floor Flooring


Wood Automotive tire Rim Gas Bicycle part


Push the handles, but unlike a pop rivet where you snap the pin,

(I tried it on a piece of timber before I got the Festool brainwave and snapped it along the grain from too much forceā€¦
Wood Wood stain Flooring Wooden block Floor

however, you get to see how the "collar" compresses, rather than at the end like a pop rivetā€¦)

snug it up till the "collar" compresses till it gives a tight fit in the hole.
Road surface Grey Wood Asphalt Composite material


Wood Rectangle Automotive exterior Gas Bumper


Wood Flooring Automotive tire Floor Rectangle


If you do a Google, you will find some videos putting a better twist on this little product then me.

Hey, this tool may not be everyone's cup of tea, but then again I'm a coffee drinker and if you don't like the ideaā€¦ don't read the article!.
What ! I have cluttered up our excellent post for nuffing! ... oh quack!!
 

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#21 Ā·
Rivet Nut...! What...? How...? Where...?

Boys and Girls,
While window shopping in my local men's shoe shop (tool shop), I came across what looked like a more user friendly pop rivetter.

Hood Blue Motor vehicle Vehicle Gas


After some dumb questions, I was informed it was a Rivet Nut Setter.

QuĆ©ā€¦???... I asked the salesman to speak into my good eye. He informed me it was a tool for inserting metal threads into thin metal (sheet metal) using a pop rivet principle.

Now I'm not here to spruik a brand (that's why it's here and not under Reviews) but to make readers aware of the tool in case you may not have stumbled across it while browsing your wife's Women's Weekly magazine.

As soon as the salesman described it, my mind started running amuck and while I had no idea where I would use it, I could foresee its use in some of my jigs and workshop attachments.

Disclaimerā€¦ Now this does not replace the traditional tapping of thick metal or timber, however, it is ideal for thin materialā€¦ have not tried it in thin ply but I believe it may work.
The thickness of material is governed by the "compression collar" on the nut which increases as you move up the guage.

Purchased it for $122(Aus., slight discount). The gun came with the full range of threaded (3, 4, 5, 6. 8 and 10mm) mandrels and a teaser of 10 of each rivet nuts.
Gas Technology Computer hardware Machine Audio equipment


Got it home, unpacked it and mused over a cask of vino of where I could use it (the gun, not the vino). I proceeded to prepare some samples to demonstrate its use to inquisitive visitors to my workshop and quickly forgot about it with the assistance of an overindulgence of the red fluid.

Started working on a project and spent some time looking for a knob used on my router to hold an "outrigger".
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Gas Auto part


Wood Gas Ingredient Machine Coffee substitute


This knob is already a replacement due to me losing the original one. Hey, Festool is metricā€¦ my nuts (riveter) are metricā€¦
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Automotive exterior Flooring


The knob had a 5mm thread so I drilled a 11mm hole in the plastic formfit systainer insert. Popped a 5mm nut in there and voilaā€¦ now had a permanent place for that bloody recalcitrant knob.
Air gun Trigger Gas Gun barrel Auto part


Grey Automotive design Bumper Automotive tire Automotive exterior


OKā€¦ I'll confess, you don't need to part with all those shekels to buy a Festool OF1400 router for finding a use for these rivet nut, however, I'm sure you may find use for it elsewhere in the workshop, your car or the missus car (the broomstickā€¦ hey, I'm not sexistā€¦ Harry Potter rides one).

To use it, you put in the appropriate mandrell, thread on the right nutā€¦ don't, repeat don't forget to drill a hole in your target material otherwise it's too hard to push through,
Watercraft Wood Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies Floor Flooring


Wood Automotive tire Rim Gas Bicycle part


Push the handles, but unlike a pop rivet where you snap the pin,

(I tried it on a piece of timber before I got the Festool brainwave and snapped it along the grain from too much forceā€¦
Wood Wood stain Flooring Wooden block Floor

however, you get to see how the "collar" compresses, rather than at the end like a pop rivetā€¦)

snug it up till the "collar" compresses till it gives a tight fit in the hole.
Road surface Grey Wood Asphalt Composite material


Wood Rectangle Automotive exterior Gas Bumper


Wood Flooring Automotive tire Floor Rectangle


If you do a Google, you will find some videos putting a better twist on this little product then me.

Hey, this tool may not be everyone's cup of tea, but then again I'm a coffee drinker and if you don't like the ideaā€¦ don't read the article!.
Gents, Ladies, thieves/politicians, spammers, scammers and all you "anything" liberationistsā€¦.

I have surfed high and lowā€¦ maybe I'm using the wrong cuss words but don't seem to hone in on a Stud Setter. Many Nut Setters, but in the words of the missusā€¦ "Studs" are hard to find. If anyone that IS FAMILIAR with these tools, can provide me with a link to set 6mm and 8mm rivet studs I'd be forever in your esteemā€¦ preferrably not electric/cordless.
 

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#22 Ā·
Rivet Nut...! What...? How...? Where...?

Boys and Girls,
While window shopping in my local men's shoe shop (tool shop), I came across what looked like a more user friendly pop rivetter.

Hood Blue Motor vehicle Vehicle Gas


After some dumb questions, I was informed it was a Rivet Nut Setter.

QuĆ©ā€¦???... I asked the salesman to speak into my good eye. He informed me it was a tool for inserting metal threads into thin metal (sheet metal) using a pop rivet principle.

Now I'm not here to spruik a brand (that's why it's here and not under Reviews) but to make readers aware of the tool in case you may not have stumbled across it while browsing your wife's Women's Weekly magazine.

As soon as the salesman described it, my mind started running amuck and while I had no idea where I would use it, I could foresee its use in some of my jigs and workshop attachments.

Disclaimerā€¦ Now this does not replace the traditional tapping of thick metal or timber, however, it is ideal for thin materialā€¦ have not tried it in thin ply but I believe it may work.
The thickness of material is governed by the "compression collar" on the nut which increases as you move up the guage.

Purchased it for $122(Aus., slight discount). The gun came with the full range of threaded (3, 4, 5, 6. 8 and 10mm) mandrels and a teaser of 10 of each rivet nuts.
Gas Technology Computer hardware Machine Audio equipment


Got it home, unpacked it and mused over a cask of vino of where I could use it (the gun, not the vino). I proceeded to prepare some samples to demonstrate its use to inquisitive visitors to my workshop and quickly forgot about it with the assistance of an overindulgence of the red fluid.

Started working on a project and spent some time looking for a knob used on my router to hold an "outrigger".
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Gas Auto part


Wood Gas Ingredient Machine Coffee substitute


This knob is already a replacement due to me losing the original one. Hey, Festool is metricā€¦ my nuts (riveter) are metricā€¦
Automotive tire Wood Bumper Automotive exterior Flooring


The knob had a 5mm thread so I drilled a 11mm hole in the plastic formfit systainer insert. Popped a 5mm nut in there and voilaā€¦ now had a permanent place for that bloody recalcitrant knob.
Air gun Trigger Gas Gun barrel Auto part


Grey Automotive design Bumper Automotive tire Automotive exterior


OKā€¦ I'll confess, you don't need to part with all those shekels to buy a Festool OF1400 router for finding a use for these rivet nut, however, I'm sure you may find use for it elsewhere in the workshop, your car or the missus car (the broomstickā€¦ hey, I'm not sexistā€¦ Harry Potter rides one).

To use it, you put in the appropriate mandrell, thread on the right nutā€¦ don't, repeat don't forget to drill a hole in your target material otherwise it's too hard to push through,
Watercraft Wood Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies Floor Flooring


Wood Automotive tire Rim Gas Bicycle part


Push the handles, but unlike a pop rivet where you snap the pin,

(I tried it on a piece of timber before I got the Festool brainwave and snapped it along the grain from too much forceā€¦
Wood Wood stain Flooring Wooden block Floor

however, you get to see how the "collar" compresses, rather than at the end like a pop rivetā€¦)

snug it up till the "collar" compresses till it gives a tight fit in the hole.
Road surface Grey Wood Asphalt Composite material


Wood Rectangle Automotive exterior Gas Bumper


Wood Flooring Automotive tire Floor Rectangle


If you do a Google, you will find some videos putting a better twist on this little product then me.

Hey, this tool may not be everyone's cup of tea, but then again I'm a coffee drinker and if you don't like the ideaā€¦ don't read the article!.
I have surfed high and lowā€¦ maybe I m using the wrong cuss words but don t seem to hone in on a Stud Setter. Many Nut Setters, but in the words of the missusā€¦ "Studs" are hard to find. If anyone that IS FAMILIAR with these tools, can provide me with a link to set 6mm and 8mm rivet studs I d be forever in your esteemā€¦ preferrably not electric/cordless.

- LittleBlackDuck
It's called a Rivstud most places:
http://www.aimfasteners.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/rivnutdesignguide.pdf

There are generic versions as well, some places call them blind threaded studs.
https://rivetsinstock.com/rivet-nuts-threaded-inserts/blind-threaded-studs.html
 

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