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Is there a preferred way to remove stainless steel rivets? (I need to move
a brake on my firewall.) The heads don't drill off cleanly like the
aluminum ones do, and I haven't had consistent results before in removing
them.

I much enjoyed Murphy night at Oshkosh, and it was great to associate some
names with faces.

Jeffrey Steenson
E714





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Hi Jeffrey !

Good to meet you at the seaplane base ! Enjoyed the evening !

Just a thought - you might have better luck using a Dremel
tool on the stainless rivets - either with a high-speed drill bit, or
one of the grinders ...

......bobp

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At 08:36 PM 8/4/04 -0600, you wrote:

Is there a preferred way to remove stainless steel rivets? (I need to move
a brake on my firewall.) The heads don't drill off cleanly like the
aluminum ones do, and I haven't had consistent results before in removing
them.

I much enjoyed Murphy night at Oshkosh, and it was great to associate some
names with faces.

Jeffrey Steenson
E714





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Instead of a 7/64" bit I use a 1/8" drill bit on stainless rivets with a
slow turning electric drill and push firmly so the bit cuts instead of
overheating and loosing it's sharp cutting edge. I think someone also
mentioned a drill out tool that grabs the rivet to keep it from turning
while drilling through the center of it... The rivets that rotate are
the only ones that I find difficult as then I have to grab the back side
with sidecutters or pliers. I never had much luck with the lock-tite
suggestion although the expensive titanium? drill bits definately stay
sharp longer.
Ken

Jeffrey Steenson wrote:

Is there a preferred way to remove stainless steel rivets? (I need to move
a brake on my firewall.) The heads don't drill off cleanly like the
aluminum ones do, and I haven't had consistent results before in removing
them.

I much enjoyed Murphy night at Oshkosh, and it was great to associate some
names with faces.

Jeffrey Steenson
E714

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Dear Ken (and Bob),

Thanks so much for these suggestions. I used a 1/8" bit in a big electric
drill and it worked great. Used cheap Canadian whiskey to keep things cool!

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From: "Ken" <klehman@albedo.net>
To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 7:39 PM
Subject: Re: Stainless rivet removal

Instead of a 7/64" bit I use a 1/8" drill bit on stainless rivets with a
slow turning electric drill and push firmly so the bit cuts instead of
overheating and loosing it's sharp cutting edge. I think someone also
mentioned a drill out tool that grabs the rivet to keep it from turning
while drilling through the center of it... The rivets that rotate are
the only ones that I find difficult as then I have to grab the back side
with sidecutters or pliers. I never had much luck with the lock-tite
suggestion although the expensive titanium? drill bits definately stay
sharp longer.
Ken

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