The installation tool isn't really a necessity- - - -just use a bolt, nut, and flat washer to install the riv-nut. Anything to squeeze the rivet section out against the hole works- - - -the plier tool just makes it quicker to install a bunch of 'em.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!