> There are pop rivets and there are pop rivets. I doubt the
> factory used
> anything terribly exotic here but they probably used what is
> sometimes called
> a closed end rivet.
The factory rivets don't appear to be "pop" rivets at all. Both sides are
swaged like an old-fashioned rivet. The ones I've cut apart did have a
steel core and alloy outer section, but the core was straight, no 'ball'
section to deform the outer part, and the ends were flat rather than broken.
http://tinyurl.com/dma5af
That said, I've used pop rivets in the past.
Randall
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