How To Remove Sheet Metal Rivets

Instruction on how to remove rivets.

How to remove sheet metal rivets.

The original rivet head is called the factory head and the secondary head made after popping the rivet is called the shop head or the buck tail. Start the wheel and place the grinder against the head of the rivet. These techniques will help you get them out cleanly with or without a drill. The type of metal used in the rivet you choose is important and should be matched to the sheet metal being joined whenever possible.

Bring the grinder wheel up to speed and slowly move it into a position parallel with the surface until you make contact with the head of the rivet. Removing rivets may seem difficult but a couple small tricks make it a cinch. Rivets are permanent fasteners often used to pin together gutters straps and other pieces of thin gauge metal around houses. A rivet is an easy economical and permanent way to bind two or more sheets of metal together.

Three ways to remove the rivets. This article and video will show you how to remove rivets and replace them with a simpler fastener gutter screws.