Forging rivet tools from scrap ball bearings, springs, and railroad track steel. This project involves creating blacksmith dome head rivets, which proved to be more challenging than expected. Tools ...

Emhart Teknologies has announced the launch of the new POP® ProSet® 2500 Rivet Tool. Designed specifically to set all 3, 4, 5 and 6 (2.4mm – 5.0mm) size blind rivets, including high strength and ...

Guys who work with sheet metal love “pop” rivets because they quickly and easily fasten together pieces of sheet metal. Because much of my rivet work is with heavier metal or thicker plastic, my ...

This article was updated April 12, 2023. It was originally published Feb. 3, 2016. Blind rivets, also called pop rivets, are commonly used to hold components together more efficiently and reliably ...

Solid rivets look cool. They lend an air of vintage race car or aviation inspiration to a project. They also enable dissimilar metals to be joined, or, in the case of the hood on our project vehicle ...