You forgot Option 4: Shooting it out with a 357 Magnum

I wish everyone on youtube would be as too the point as you. No nonsense & easy to understand. No gabbing on about nothing before they get to the point you want to know about. Thank you very much.

This is like saying "You can wipe your arse with nice 3 ply toilet paper, but there's also sandpaper if you're into more painful and messy results..."

Try using a drill bit that's the same size as the rivet; the hole can still be used again if you are only making an adjustment to your work piece. The other two methods? That's for butchers or demolition work.

I'm with the drilling

Don’t pay attention to all the sarcasm on here; the video was a great way to let me know my options. I’m trying to remove rivets from hardware on a vintage suitcase, so either a tiny drill will work or the screwdriver/chisel method will work. Thank you for a clear and concise video. Have a great day!

Thanks! Thought this would maybe be tougher with a chisel , watched you do it, saw that it was easy and got rid of my own rivets in seconds- thanks again!

Great, easy video, answered all my questions! Thanks!

Thanks for showing me this way... I've been looking for this to disassemble my old PC case.

Very clear and instructional video. You outlined the methods, tools, added titles and illustrated each. Great presentation. Very helpful. Thank you for your time and efforts and for sharing. All the blessings to you.

If you plan to reuse the rivet hole don't use an oversized bit. Keep it the same size as it was originally drilled with. The pieces will go back together cleanly. Most of what I install in ships is riveted. Upwards of 15k+ rivets per project with 2 guys. Granted we rarely have to remove any but it happens and drilling is by far the cleanest method.

Was totally stuck and I've just tried this - worked perfectly. Thank you so much.

Thanks for all the options! Don’t have many fancy tools. Great to know I can do it with a drill.

Thank you I successfully removed the rivets on my storm door using a hammer and chisel thanks to you.

I just drilled out rivets using 4mm drill bit. It's so easy. Thank you very much.

Thank You for posting this great video!! It helped me out so much trying to fix my screen door!! I finally got things done that I had not been able to do because I thought I didn't know how!! But your methods worked so great!! I fixed my door and I didn't even have to use my friend's help( because he really can't fix nothing he thinks he can lol)!! You are awsome!!

thank you for this, I came across a project that needs me removing the rivet on the appliance I will be working on, I am still green and have not many experience with rivets, now I know what I have to do. Thank you and God bless.

Veeery nicely demonstrated, I plan to be removing rivets from leather HOWEVER, I could REALLY use this on the damage decorating of my truck with all of these techniques. Thank you so very much! ^__^

Thank you. This helped. I go with the drill. Its super clean

Needed this! Thanks, man!

Gentlemens, please do not judge strictly author. Video is called the "three ways..." but not "three CORRECT ways..."))) so you can add more methods - for example - removing rivets with the explosives or you can use s some strong acid)))

Interesting video. Absolutely riveting

Thank you, you make it look so easy in the vice but when trying to remove table top supports it’s more tricky!

Love the first method! Thank you for doing the video

Thank u to who ever made this video now I can finally remove my door tag off my 1978 f250

Thank you for posting! I see there are clean and rather messy ways of removal too !

Thanks for posting this video. I have a bowen's reflector head with a dent that popped out a rivet. Since the metal on the attaching piece is thinner than the head and prone to bending I need to take out the rivet's in order to removed the dents. The drill approach looks the least destructive

Using these pull through rivets at work to bind a plastic cover to an aluminum base. Pain in the butt when it doesn't go all the way through with the gun and takes forever to try and pull it out or sand down without it being noticeable. Happened again right now and never thought about hammering it out, worked like a charm!

Thank you very much. Simple and very effective methods. Best of luck.

Drill is definitely the cleanest/quickest/easiest route.

I think the drill works best in above. The other 2 methods more complicated if the sheet has been painted over. Just thinking best when using pop rivets to use the smallest size for job in case need to drill out .

This helped so much , I had everything except a drill and the screw driver one worked great . 😊

Thanks a lot man, learned something new today ❤

Can you show us what rivet gun did you use to put those rivets at battens? Do you know dimensions of those rivets? This aluminum battens look like dry van trailer side battens.

Hammer and thick screwdriver did the trick, breaking down my old pc tower. Thank you!

Always drill from the head side, ensure you have the correct size drill, make sure you hold the drill square to the hole, STOP as soon as the head separates, DO NOT push the drill thorough the hole several times, or you will will end up with an enlarged hole. and need a a bigger rivet or it will not have the same grip as the original. but the main thing is to ensure you are central on the rivet or you will end up with a figure of eight shaped hole. Punch out the rivet remains and remove any swarf before you re rivet. Beware the removed rivet head may be hot and will be sharp. remove from the drill bit with care.

A really helpful video! 🙏🙏

this helped a lot! didnt have any other tools but a hammer and a screwdriver lol just had to tear apart the rivets

I have a carbon fiber spoiler, so i think drilling them out without damaging the wing is best for me. Thank you for this video👍

thanks for the idea..had issues with a dell pedge2900 case. 1st method its the best for PC/Server cases.

Followed the drill method here and it worked fine for getting the heads out, then I used a punch and hammer to pop out the rest of the rivet.

Kool,think I'll try the drill first.That chisel had a sharp edge.

Lol love the thumbs up 👍🏾.... great video. Simple and easy thanks

Thanks for the video, I drilled out the rivets. Many thanks again!!

Thank you I successfully removed a rivet off my car using the drill method

Very informative! Thank you for posting.

If a rivet is loose (so it'll just spin when you try to drill it), is the only option to hammer and chisel it? Anybody know any other options that are less likely to damage something?

I'd just like to say that I like things like that big old chisel, probably used to be twice that size. It's just been grinded down that many times its shrunk. A proper bloke with proper tools that have been well used and he even has the proper big old tough hands and sausage fingers. Now that's what I'd say is a proper bloke, a geezer or just a Man's Man. Just soldiers on and takes care of business, well done 👍.

Drilling is the fastest and cleanest way in my opinion 👍

Thanks for posting.

Rivets are stupid. Just use an appropriate screw...

Stupidly simple, but excellent video! Helped me out a lot, being a 'city' boy.

what size drill bit did you use?

Just my two cents. The drill works good for maybe or two rivets if your lucky. I learned that using a grinder for the first initial removal and once you get it down far enough you can use a punch and a good hammer to finish the holes off. I can do a rivet a minute or so. Im working on a box truck door hardware every single hinge and roller need replaced. If anyone's ever looking for the hardware you can find it on ebay. Make sure you get the right sized wheels. Hope that helps someone. I abandoned the drill all together.

Love it, thanks 👏🏻

The drill all day!! 💪thanks!

I did the drill was very helpful

From everyone that has a non-removable optical drive cage in their computer case - THANK YOU!

Thanks! Very useful.

What about those crazy split rivets used on car door window tracks..how do we remove those without breaking the glass?.!!

number 2 the best for car speakers!!!!!

What are those rivets made of? Aluminum?

Great upload. Thanks!!

This guy's hands are awesome. Imagine all the pasty handed complainers analyzing his technique! Good on ya man, your hands deserve their own t-shirt. Surely a hard workin' fella.

I don't have any power tools, chopped the head with a hand saw it worked, thanks.

Hopefully you've never done this on an aircraft lmao

Thank you u helped me

You make my man hands look like girl hands. And you hand tools look they could tell alot of good stories. Thank you the good tips. Party on bud.

This repair is beautiful for breathing new life into a solid toolbox. It has increased the security of the toolbox from one where eventually the lid would break off on its own to one where there is no risk of that. But the repair is not as secure as the original design. The original design was built with hidden hinges so that an attacker had to attack the locking mechanism to get in. And it's a good locking mechanism. Rivets are easy to break through with only a hammer and a screwdriver. This fix will keep opportunists away, and keep your stuff dry, but it is not better than replacing the product under warranty when it comes to thieves who are willing to carry a screwdriver and a hammer which is a pretty low bar.

how do you work out what size drill to use ? Im replacing the rivets that hold in the bung seat on my boat and I don't want to make the hole too big.

Thanks.. Drilling was not con my train pf toughts.. I used pliers (extremly difficult) now i'll go with dtilling

Thank you, thumb guy!

Thanks for the Video great technique

Thanks for the informative video! Can you recommend a good grinder, sort of like the one you use in your video? I'm in the market for one and I'm not sure what the good brands and models are.

Thanks for this. I’m taking apart an old toolbox so this was helpful

Drill should be exact or 1mm thicker than rivet tail. Drill should never go trough the material just remove the head and pinch the pin trough. It is important not to enlarge the hole 1) because sometimes rivets are visible on a cover - You don't want to put another rivet off center - You want to put the same rivet in the same place in original hole. 2) what about another time? You cant enlarge the hole each time and put larger rivet. This way You can do it 100 times and get the same result. 3) what if the hole itself has antirust surface protection inside? drilling it off will remove this surface and will lead to rusting.

I'll go with the drilling clean and simple

Thank you so much.

Nice video. I don't have a grinder so will try options 1 and 3

Thank you !

Thank you. I'd forgotten the hammer and chisel method. Normally I'm not a music fan, but in your case, it was pretty upbeat.... Gracias

Thank you very much!

Thanks man

This is great, thank you. What I can't seem to find out though, is the best way to remove the rivet heads from the drill bit - after drilling out the rivet. I noticed you pushed them up against the chuck each time.

Can I use a hammer drill?

Tqsm

that was instructive

To me it looked like the fastest method is the chisel and hammer; All methods will scratch the side being worked on; and It's a pain when drilling a rivet and it starts to spin with the drill bit. I had never thought of using a chisel and hammer; wow, that is fast and with a little care, can be not too damaging. Cheers. Thanks for sharing. Good video.

Do i have some kind of bad drill? Mine just stops moving forward into the rivet and spins in place at some point.

You forgot to put down the ALL MIGHTY DREMEL!

Thanks for making a helpful video that isn't filled with boring yammer. :)

Thank you!!!

You forgot an option: Thermite

Good video and thanks for sharing

Thank you so much 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🤗

OK, even I can do one of these. Thanks for more than 1 option.

Drilling is the cleanest and seems like the best/easiest way

I was just swapping out old GTX 1050ti in my little brother's PC for a much bigger RTX 2080 recently. It does fits in his case, but there was a harddrive panel in the way. Armed with the knowledge I got from playing PC Building Sim 1&2, I get to work feeling confident. I underestimated the task at hand and I realized that PCBS didn't prepared me for these tiny fuckers, having to removed 4 of them to detaches the panel. Without proper tools and unwilling to use hammer and chisel because over concern about damaging components with the impacts, I spent about 10 hours removing them using flathead screwdriver to lift them as much as I can and pull each out in little pieces with a pair of wire cutting pliers. Was very disappointed that PCBS didn't prepared me to deal with this BS lol

It would be so nice if the drill part actual worked in real life but it doesn't. What's the size of your bit?

WOW, Minute 0 that is a real man's hand 🙂