Riv Nut Tool - Rises from the Scrap Bin

[Frank S]

nice quickly made simple installation tool,
I agree that turning a bolt in a riv-nut to collapse it is not the way to go. Far better to simply pull the riv -nut through itself like you did.
I used to have a riv-nut plier tool that looked similar to a pop rivet tool and one that was an accordion style where you stretched it out threaded the riv-nut on, insert it in the hole then push down on the handle collapsing the accordion. Both worked great where there was sufficient room to operate them but were only good for up to a 1/4 20 or 6 mm for the larger riv-nuts I did much like you have done but usually just left the bolt head on which when ever possible I used a socket head capscrew because they were much stronger.

PS what I like most about your tool is it was not done in a video format nothing against videos per-say I just prefer explanations and pictures