Riveting Tools
Our Pop Rivet Tools
We keep 2 types of hand riveters for setting pop rivets:
• The standard rivet gun uses a squeeze grip action. It has 4 different head sizes to take rivet sizes 2.4mm, 3.2mm, 4mm and 4.8mm and includes a spanner to change the head size.
• Our lazy tong riveter uses a concertina-type action to do rivets up to a diameter of 6.4mm.
Our Rivet Nut Tools
To use any style of rivet nut you need a special setting tool (called a Nutsert or rivet nut gun). The rivet nut (or Rivnut) is inserted into a pre-drilled hole and the setting tool is screwed into the internal thread in the rivet hole. The force exerted by tightening compresses the body of the rivet nut, which then collapses outward and squeezes tightly against the back of the material. The setting tool is then unscrewed leaving the rivet nut fixed in position.
