I always liked this video --
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9Af7Q58FRk[/youtube]
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I'm guessing that didn't result in a clean cut and you filed down the excess rivet?
Nope, it came out clean like in the last pic. The spacer holds the rivet down, also.
I re-quote the quote. Read the thread under the link too...
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JJ,
I found out a little more about a better Hand Riveter from Doug Murray from Murrays Catalogue who said he uses a 3/32" or 1/8" (that's the size of the middle hole) Stop Sleeve (that's about 1/4" deep) to act as a spacer.
He uses a much better Riveter than the $9.95 Sears Riveter. The one he uses is called a Marson 39000 HP2 Professional Hand Riveter (Regular from $48.00 and up... but available from some online stores at $25.00... he matched the lowest price for me...).
This one is designed to pull up to 3/16" stainless steel rivets, and unlike the $9.95 Sears version (that's only good for aluminum rivets), has no problem with not being able to grip the shaft properly -- even after giving up about 1/4" to the spacer... so no need to file down the tip to get into the trak. And the inside mechanism makes it a lot easier to POP, even tho you still need to pull hard.
He has another one that is pretty heavy-duty with longer arms that makes things a lot easier... but that's $90+ and is only required if one intends to POP many many rivets at a time.
Read here down the page: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=9323&hilit=traveler&start=30
No shame in letting a dealer do this, I say. Discretion is the better part of valor, as they say.