Hi! Ferg
Tonight I'll "patch you through" a copy of my Rivnut tool instructions.
They are excellent so long as you can get your setting sequence correct.
I have used some stainless steel type since the aluminium ones wore out
so quickly.
I was loath to try to extract the old ones since I could see them
rotating on the end of the drill! Finally used a 1/8 drill and "spotted"
them very carefully and they fall out .....but inside !
It is critical not to try to set them too tight but have confidence with
more loose settings on the tool.
Will revert....
Regards
Bob Harrison. G-PTAG ...on first stoke up day ! (awoke 4am with damn
cramp making me "fit to puke"!
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Fergus Kyle
Sent: 18 July 2007 13:58
Subject: Europa-List: rivnuts
Cheers,
When Tony K of NZ extolled the quality of Rivnuts as a way to
cut
time in installations, I was intrigued and have managed to save time and
energy attaching various devices to their proper sites. I used both
#8-32
and #10-32 models from AirSpruce and homemade applicators to install.
Lately however, having lost the knack, I tired to assemble
several
in the top of the instrument coaming and lost every one through failure
and
breakup (they don't seem to compress but fracture). Since the
application of
a rivnut involves committing to a larger hole than usual, failure
creates
complications as well as frustration. I used .250 or the rivnut would
not
enter.
I looked up your Google rivnut and came across BOLLHOFF as the
maker, and a description of their "EZ - Thin Head Round Body" for 8-32
application. They recommend a hole size from .234 to .238 inches, but my
measurement of the acquired
I am drowning in self-pity here.
Ferg
Classic mono 914 CSprop
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