[Amps] Rivet nuts

[Will Matney]

All,

I forgot to mention this. I think a man can install these rivet-nuts using a screw gun with a threaded stud in the chuck. You need a screw gun where it has a clutch on the front to set for the torque. Anyhow, you'd thread the rivet nut on the threaded stud up to the chuck jaws. Set the clutch where it would slip once the nut is swaged fully in place, then simply reverse the drill to back it out. That's exactly how those expensive air guns work, no difference that I seen. If you have a lathe, you could machine a threaded stud with a flat rim where it meets the chuck jaws, or really run a nut up on the stud to where the chuck jaws are to act as a flat anvil to back up the end of the rivet-nut. Still, the same way the air guns work. This is something I am sure going to try, and that would beat using a manual riveter all to pieces!

Best,

Will