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 ...

The strength of every build rests on the hidden pieces. In this episode, we craft dome head rivets from raw bar stock - hot-cut, upset, and domed by hammer. Tiny tools of immense responsibility.

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 ...