Finish your rough edges.
How to rivet sheet aluminum.
You ll want to use an.
The tubular rivet body and the setting mandrel.
You can use metal shears if you re working with thin sheets of aluminum.
This video shows how to install a pop rivet using a pop rivet gun.
Drill a 1 8 inch hole through one or more sheets of metal that need to be riveted up to 1 2 inch thick.
Cut the aluminum to the needed size.
Various sheet metal rivets.
Both pieces are inserted into a hole and a special tool appropriately called a riveter is placed over the mandrel.
Squeezing the grips together causes the mandrel to be pulled into the rivet body which expands on the other side of the material.
Blind rivets are made of two preassembled pieces.
You may have left dangerously sharp edges after cutting your sheet metal.