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Originally Posted by Infinity2718
One word of caution if going the steel rivet route, we used steel rivets in a high load application and they were a bugger to drill out. After they were out, they were replaced with aluminum rivets without failure during use.
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Another one is that if a steel rivet fails, it will more likely elongate your hole because the rivet is stronger than the material it is in. That means that you'll have more trouble putting a rivet back in. We use only aluminum rivets for that reason.
We found countersunk rivets a couple years ago, and have fallen in love.