Riveting and rivet gun

[CTWV50]

Originally Posted by alga

I'm with TT, I used a hand riveter with 0.5 metre handles. I'd say drilling holes was by far the harder part of the job. Popping rivets was easy and fun.

http://i.imgur.com/vNWyu3e.jpg?1

Hmm yeah probably just get one of them then, do they do rivnut aswell?

[alga]

No, just ordinary pop rivets.

I did my rivnuts with a longish (40-50 mm) M6 bolt and a nut. I would drill a hole, countersink it, then insert a sandwich: rivnut, washer, a piece of perforated steel band, washer, washer, nut, all threaded on the bolt. I would clamp the steel plate to the chassis and tighten the nut while holding the bolt steady. 8.8 grade nuts and bolts would hold for 2-4 rivnuts, then the thread would strip. Oiling everything did help a bit.

It wasn't as easy as popping ordinary rivets, but wasn't very bad either. Rivnut tools are more expensive than plain riveters, and I've heard that the hardened mandels in them are really easy to snap.

[jps]

Originally Posted by alga

No, just ordinary pop rivets.

I did my rivnuts with a longish (40-50 mm) M6 bolt and a nut. I would drill a hole, countersink it, then insert a sandwich: rivnut, washer, a piece of perforated steel band, washer, washer, nut, all threaded on the bolt. I would clamp the steel plate to the chassis and tighten the nut while holding the bolt steady. 8.8 grade nuts and bolts would hold for 2-4 rivnuts, then the thread would strip. Oiling everything did help a bit.

It wasn't as easy as popping ordinary rivets, but wasn't very bad either. Rivnut tools are more expensive than plain riveters, and I've heard that the hardened mandels in them are really easy to snap.

I've always wondered how to make a 'home made rivnut tool'!

I got a cheapo (£30) Rivnut Tool set for Christmas - apparently these are fairly easy to break if you are using stainless rivnuts, it came with aluminium ones which I assume are a lot softer - so place less strain on the tool. Haven't got far enough with the build to use it yet... :-(

[twinturbo]

My rivnut tool is a cheap one and it seems to work ok.

TT

[twinturbo]

this is the lazy riviter I use.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LAZY-TONGU...em5 8a32989fe

TT