I normally don't comment but! This is exactly what I wanted to know! not only did you show how to use a rivet nut, but you also showed how strong they are and BONUS how to put them in plastic! thank you so much!

Cool! The best part is your strength test which really satisfied my curiosity as well. Nice tool. Thanks for sharing.

Excellent video. Thorough explanation, and I like the destructive testing where it showed the Riv-nuts took more torque than the strength of the bolt. You were asking for examples of what they can be used for, and a friend of mine designed, patented, and has been manufacturing aluminum bulkheads (basement access, as well as other applications) using Riv-nuts for over a decade without a failure. Great product. My friend uses an installation tool that goes on a reversable drill that works very fast and easy. I don't know the manufacturers name, but it works well. Take care Bud

I've got a ambulance/van customizing project coming up that these would come in handy on. May have to pick up one of these sets!

For 3D prints. I have found they tend to pull out with not too much force. I added epoxy, still not great. Solution was to put the flat part on the back such that it pushes against the plastic as you tighten the screw. But the wider lip cannot push through the plastic. So can tighten down with a lot more force. Love your videos. I am a tech employee, with similar hobbies. Created CNC retrofit for mill. Working on belt grinder and CNC router. I use a single control box made from rolling 19" server rack. From which I bolt in up to 48U 19" project boxes, PC enclosure, stepper driver 3U box. 3U fans. Even a 3U drawer. I can pop off the stepper drivers (same aviation connectors you use). Roll the control electronics to different machine, load different Mach profile, use same control electronics for multiple machines. Evolve controller electronics separate from the CNC machines themselve. Even swap out old machines for new ones. Anyway -- big fan. Exploring making some videos myself... Keep it up -- thanks

Love the heated rivnuts into plastic idea. never thought of that!

Great video. I guess I will wind up getting one of those tools as I keep seeing these rivnuts on more and more channels. Thanks for all the help with my plasma torch.

Appreciate you taking the time to make this video. I just bought two 3D printers and this has expanded my range of ideas for them.

Good job, love the tip to melt the 3D printed part by heating the nut-cert.

Cool device. I need to buy and try on my designs. Thank you!

I bought one of these tools to use on a project and came across your videos. Nice going but has many others here have stated they have an opinion and so do I, I think you’re hot iron trick is great. I might’ve come in from the other side so that way as you tighten it would continually pull inward as opposed to possibly spinning. But with that size box you don’t need much torque and I doubt very seriously if they’re gonna come apart anytime soon. Again great video.

Cool, just got my Wetols rivet nut tool. Will use it to mount my home made bed in my K40 CO2 laser. Will make it easy to add and remove different beds and rotary bases in my laser. Thank for the howto...

Thanks, Never knew about these! Like how you demonstrated for metal and plastic!

I just got the kit, A real game changer!

Great idea for putting a rivnut in plastic! That's going to make life much better! I'll be looking forward to seeing your other videos!

Just started watching your videos. The soldering iron trick was brilliant.

I watched this yesterday and bought one today... Nice!

Very cool, a tool that I didn't know I needed until now. Time to go window shopping for Christmas. Thanks for this video.

I needed to fix a chair my wife had and bought the tool..perfect demo on how to use it. Thanks!

Very informative. Well executed and to the point. Thanks for the bonus tips, much appreciated.

Excellent video! Thank you for making it. The video was very helpful.

I was struggling for the door closer to stay on metal door frame. Carpenter just made some holes and thread to fix the door closer cylinder, which broke several a times, each time the holes made bigger and bigger. Found the solution here, insert a river and tighten the door closer with a bolt. Thanks for the video, and the idea. So nice of you.

Straight to the point, thank you ! answered my question !!

Neat idea on using soldering iron to set nursery.

This is the first of your videos I have watched... You just gained another subscriber... Loved it.

I came here for an Astro demo, but came away with your FANTASTIC hotrod/plastic melt/slide technique!

Nice n easy detailed explanation

Definitely buying a Rivnut set

Well, that was an absolutely riveting video! 😜

I normally just weld nuts onto the back of sheet metal, but these could come in handy for box steel which I quite often use

Great job.

Thankyou so much, you are an absolute legend!

I use these constantly on race cars, drill a hole, put insert in, grab fastener, bam mount done.

Great video, thanks.

Thanks man!

Awesome, thank you

If you put the rivnut into the plastic from the other side, the threaded section will be closer to the screw so you can use shorter screws....and the pullout force will be much greater. Good vid.

If you want to know how much Tork it will take.... try a tork wrench. It will tell you... great vid. Learned a lot. Thanks

Good job!

Mind blown!

Thank you so much for this video! I'm getting ready to start my truck camper build-out and have been considering using rivnuts to mount plywood to the truck's bedrails. And this was the exact question I had that no one else has addressed: How much torque can the rivnuts handle before slipping?

Thanks for this video, never heard of these. Also ++ for testing to failure.

Those rivnuts are awesome. The reason they don’t give way very easily is that they actually continue to tighten the bond as you tighten the bolt or screw. So they are self affixing

Today I learn something new

You could prevent the rivnut from pulling out of that 3d printed lid by installing them upside down from the way you did it, that way when you torque it down, the lip will not be allowed to be pulled through. The way you did it, the rivnut could pull back out on torque. Cool method though, I will be using this.

Really nice video. I guess you could go over the nut with a file to make the sides a bit flat and make it harder for it to rotate in the plastic..

Thought for sure this would be a DIY RivNut tool video.. :)

I love it! That's a neat trick with the soldering iron too. Thanks!

Didn't know what these were called, more tools I need to buy :)

Do a quick flatten of at least 1 side of the rivnut on a grinding wheel so it doesn't spin in the plastic.

Nice video showing the potential of these rivnuts. There are also aluminium rivnuts which don’t behave quite so conveniently and are nothing like as strong. One thing I was hoping you would show is how to adjust the compression distance depending on the size of nut. The instructions make a big deal about doing this adjustment but don’t say exactly how you go about it.

Guessing using these in plastic isn't quite as good as the nuts that cut into the plastic. Almost bought some of these on amazon to use for my RC needs, but after seeing how they work, I doubt that would grip the plastic very well. Glad I watched the video... had no clue there was a tool to crimp them like that. lol!

What projects have you made that used rivet nuts?

This may be a dumb question, but is there any way to know the outer diameter of the rivet nut when ordering them online?

I'm sure melting the rivnuts in 3D prints would work in a pinch but if you plan on using that a lot it's worth getting some "heat set inserts". They come in all kinds of sizes and are specifically made to be molten into plastic parts. The more aggressive exterior would be more resilient to all kinds of forces. But great video, I've been planning to get a pair of those pliers as they seem very handy but have been kind of weary on how strong they are. Was that an alloy or steel rivnut?

Wow! Bolt broke before nut failed... Didn't expect that...

I just got one yesterday. I am using it to put threads in the floor of a 1940 Ford so I can mount the seats and a battery in the trunk.

Thank u please do make videos on even simple topics. Not everyone knows everything...... Learning is fun.

I use anti seize on the screw/bolt. I have had issues with rusting bolts/screws and the insert turning while trying to loosen. You were lucky, the bolt broke LOL. When the bolt doesn't break, then its a party!!🤣

Can you get this to work on a piece of tubing or does the material your planting it in always have to be flat?

can you use it in car sheet metal?

Did you test it in thinner plastic? I have a side by side utv that this would be great for the plastic body parts..

Hi, one issue I've found is how on earth do you change the Mandrel to another size? Mine came with M8, and the instructions are worse than useless in explaning exactly how to remove and replace the mandrel. Must be a bad day as I really cant work this out.

It's cool to wach and who much it cost to buy this tool now 👍

I would of installed the rivet nut from the bottom of the plastic base so the lid side remained flush with the lid.

But of COURSE INSTALLING SOLAR PANELS on my VAN would be a great use for these RIVET NUTS

Try that same thing with the grade 8 instead of the Chinese bolt you tested it with

What grade bolt was it that you snapped?

Were you using steel, aluminum or brass rivet nuts?

Can i use this for a ground?

How thick can the metal be you're inserting the rivnut into?

Have you tried installing the Riv-Nut into wood?

I always break the 3mm ones

On the plastic wouldn’t of been better to install them drone the back

I definitely agree about rivet nuts on sheet/tubing metal. But for plastic, they're too slick for a durable bond. I use instead bronze insets which have a grip pattern on the outside. That's much more durable. The method could be the same : hot mount, or even cold mount, forcing it in, with a little help of a drived screw. For each task, you need the right stuff. its Regards.

You didn't show how to change sizes.

Imperial makes no sense. Metric makes much more sense and is quicker and easier to follow along

you're nuts