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Rivets are the little headless metal fasteners that pin together sheet metal products such as gutters. This short video will show you how to remove rivets with a drill, and how to replace them if necessary.


Tool List:
Drill
1/8" Drill Bit

Material List:
3/8" Gutter Screws

How To:
1) Chuck 1/8" drill bit into your drill. (The bit should preferably be titanium, which is good for drilling metal.)
2) Press the tip of the drill bit into the small empty hole at the center of the rivet.
3) Pull the drill trigger and begin carefully drilling into the rivet hole.
4) Use light, but steady pressure. (Drill speed is not as important in boring out metal as constant pressure is.)
5) The drill bit will eventually punch through the back of the rivet. Back the drill bit out, and the joined pieces will come apart.
6) If necessary, replace the rivet with a 3/8" gutter screw. Just bring the detached pieces of metal back together, align the two original holes, and drive a gutter screw into the hole. The wider screw threads will bit into the metal walls, pinning them together.

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