02GF74
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 posted on 21/9/07 at 10:34 AM |
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cheapest place to get riv nut (nutset) tool?
with 4 mm and 5 mm mandrels. ebay is coming in at about £ 50.
(and yes, I know about the locost method of using bolt thank you very much - it is t he tool I am enquiring about.)
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minordelay
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| posted on 21/9/07 at 10:45 AM |
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Don't know about the cost, but we got one from partco/unipart, might be worth a try. It seems to work ok and goes up to 8mm as I remember
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BenB
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| posted on 21/9/07 at 11:58 AM |
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I got one from CBS for not much money. Has worked fine for me so far..
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pewe
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| posted on 21/9/07 at 11:58 AM |
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I bought mine direct from the importer Bralo on 0121 520 6883 www.bralo.com. It's Spanish set not totally durable but did the jobs I needed to
do.
Cheers, pewe 
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Slater
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| posted on 21/9/07 at 12:03 PM |
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Grampian fasteners in Aberdeen (01224) 772777 do this one for £26 with various size inserts, the actual rivnuts are very cheap too.
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Avoneer
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| posted on 21/9/07 at 12:06 PM |
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You can get the Laser one for around £20 ish.
Pat...
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However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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carpmart
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| posted on 21/9/07 at 12:31 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Avoneer
You can get the Laser one for around £20 ish.
Pat...
Thats what i have and use :thumb:
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britishtrident
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| posted on 21/9/07 at 12:33 PM |
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No tool required just a setscrew, a nut and a washer.
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John Bonnett
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| posted on 21/9/07 at 12:45 PM |
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If you want to use Rivnuts that are almost flush with the surface of whatever they are fitted into, you will need to ensure you buy a setting tool
that will cope with what I think are known as recessed head rivnuts.
The best place I have found for really good service and technical help is: http://www.prifast.co.uk/nutsert_tools.htm. I've just had a look at
their site and they offer a good range of tools from not much to a lot.
One other thing to watch when you are buying rivnuts is to make sure you know what size you are buying. You can get metric rivnuts with either an
Imperial or Metric body. For example, an M4 metric rivnut needs a 6mm hole, an M5 a 7mm hole and an M6 a 9mm hole. I cannot remember the sizes need by
metric imperial rivnuts but they are slightly bigger. this is good news because, if you overdrill all is not lost because you can fit a metric
Imperial in and it will be fine. So best to keep some of each. I can bore for England on the subject but hope this helps a bit.
John
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ibakes
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| posted on 21/9/07 at 01:16 PM |
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Have a nose here
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/oakwood_data/pulling_rivnuts.htm
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NS Dev
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| posted on 23/9/07 at 09:01 PM |
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I have used, and broken, 3 "proper rivnut tools" (including a laser one)
I found them all shite to be honest.
I now use the tool made by MikeR's dad to the design on David Jenkins' (on this site) website.
This will set any rivnut, and is indestructible!!
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NS Dev
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| posted on 23/9/07 at 09:03 PM |
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here ya go:
david jenkins page on rivnut tool
ps, for the screw, use a 12.9 grade caphead
[Edited on 23/9/07 by NS Dev]
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 23/9/07 at 09:07 PM |
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Nearly right!
linky
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NS Dev
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| posted on 23/9/07 at 09:23 PM |
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oh I'm not up with all this high tech jiggery pokery david 
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