Rivet Nut Tool Rivet Nut Kit, Rivnut Tool Kit with 10 Metric and SAE Mandrels, 100 Pcs Rivet Nuts Assortment Kit, Professional Ratchet Nutsert Tool Kit with Rugged Carrying Case, TR21

This is a very different nutsert tool. If you have used a wishbone type of riveting tool, you'll have to learn a new way. This is a ratcheting tool, it works differently. Takes a bit of a learning curve, but easily learned. Test a rivet or two first on a blank piece of metal. Well built, heavy duty, tool itself is heavy. Nice thing is it can be used in tight places. Odd thing is the nose cone, has two opposing flats for a wrench to assist in removal, but no wrench included. All it needs a flat open end 20mm wrench, but they are not common. I did find a flat, short one online, but they should include one. Nice case, pinned hinges, has large area the for rivets. Would like to see the case with independent sections for the rivets instead of cellophane packs. There is storage in the lid for all the mandrels, very snug in their respective slots. Large, clear, size markings on the end of the mandrels.Instruction sheet could be written better, had to guess at a few things. The manual is 4 pages, with the last two being blank. They could include a chart on what drill size to use for each size of rivet included with the set, and thickness tolerances of the material being riveted to. The instructions indicate a scale on the tool, it took some very close looking to find a tiny scale, a decal that cannot not be seen while using, supposedly to help set the stroke of the tool. Really, you have to trust “feel” to get it set right. Yes, it can work with aluminum nutserts.Overall, good tool for the money, would recommend it to any mechanic & sheet metal worker.

In my opinion, This works better than the wishbone type rivnut tool, it gets into tighter areas and is a more compact ratchet type tool. Not big and bulky. It is a bit of a learning curve to set up the first time but well worth it. Great value for this as it comes with all the collets and tons of rivnuts inserts both sae and mm sizes all the way up to m12 for bumpers etc. you can always get extra inserts and use stainless steel inserts purchased separately. What makes this great is that Everything comes in a nice compact size box that fits in your tool box as opposed to those other huge wishbone units most have to hang on a wall or takes up too much room in your tool box drawer. It is well built and not one of those elcheapo kind of tools.

I like others bought this with reserves about the quality, but was very surprised about how well made it is. I used it on the fenders of my grandson's ATV. I installed 12 1/4"x20 rivnuts and they all turned out great. I did try a couple on a piece of scrap first to get the feel of it. After a slight learning curve it is very easy to use. I have 2 bad shoulders that need replacements, but I can work this tool ok. I did fine that the directions are misleading and wrong, just about releasing the tool from the rivnut. After pressing the rocker switch down , then turn the FRONT lever one turn COUNTER clockwise to loosen the threaded mandrel. The only downside that I see is the gauge is a bit hard to read, but after a few uses you get the feel of how much pressure is needed. The case is even well made and holds extra rivnuts. This is one of the best purchases that I have gotten from Amazon.

I recently purchased this product to drill holes and install rivnuts to mount a hitch on a tubular steel frame on a zero turn mower. It worked well. My only complaint is the short handles could make it a bit challenging to set some rivets if they were made of a harder metal due to the tool's limited leverage. Overall a good product for the money.

Works perfectly! Is just as described, has better control on fragile surfaces, and operates easier than bigger styles.Used it on 32 items today, flawless performance

Decent price. Worked good. Directions were not bad. Good size range. Was able to mount plastic rocker protectors with 6mm bolts on to sheet metal rockers.

I was trying to install some 3/8 - 16 nutcerts in a very tight spot on a car I was working on at work. My normal nutcert tool didn't go up to that size. I bought this tool, it came the next day and it worked perfect! Very happy with the overall quality of the tool and the bang for the buck.

Mandrel broke 1st use.. didn’t even seem that tight and snapped. Then went to replace mandrel and I can’t. Like what.