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You can use a regular $5 pop rivet gun from Harbor Freight, no problem.
http://www.harborfreight.com/hand-riveter-set-38353.html
You only crack plastics and ramps when you forget that pop rivets need a backing washer when used in plastics
Quoted from QuarterGrabber:Thanks! Now how do you remove a rivet that is already there?
With a brand new drill bit you can drill them out from the peened side.
Or you can file the lip off of the peened over side.
Or if you have a die grinder, you can grind off the peened side.
Quoted from someoneelse:Removing rivets with a drill is very bad idea, the rivet will spin and get hot.
You have to use a brand new bit.
If the rivet was not cinched tight and does start to spin (about 1 out of 10 rivets), then switch to die grinder, much less chance of slipping off than a Dremel with disc.
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