03-30-2013, 03:57 PM
The pop rivet and blind rivet is the same thing.
The standard method using the rivet gun is unacceptable as it will likely crack the plug. It will 100% will crack backelite one (this is when I bought the gun and tried it and then it cracked so I had to glue it back together) and although 18 plug is not like 20 one, it consists of three fiber type material wafers put together, I think it will also crack as the pressure is large.
I can photograph the extraction tool I use but I think you know what it is - that thick rectangular cross-section rod with a twisted groove and obtuse conical tip that you hammer in a bolt's head (like in allen hex bolt) and then rotate it counter-clockwise to extract.
What matter most - you need any tool whatsoever that can
1) withstand a hammer hit (multiple hits), and
2) has a conical obtuse tip.
A drill bit won't do as it is not pointed.
The standard method using the rivet gun is unacceptable as it will likely crack the plug. It will 100% will crack backelite one (this is when I bought the gun and tried it and then it cracked so I had to glue it back together) and although 18 plug is not like 20 one, it consists of three fiber type material wafers put together, I think it will also crack as the pressure is large.
I can photograph the extraction tool I use but I think you know what it is - that thick rectangular cross-section rod with a twisted groove and obtuse conical tip that you hammer in a bolt's head (like in allen hex bolt) and then rotate it counter-clockwise to extract.
What matter most - you need any tool whatsoever that can
1) withstand a hammer hit (multiple hits), and
2) has a conical obtuse tip.
A drill bit won't do as it is not pointed.
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