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Originally Posted by Chris is me
Aluminum rivets with steel mandrels are just as easy to remove, but install more reliably and are a smidge stronger. If you have the choice I'd get these.
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We used some of those this year and had issues removing them, both 3/16" and 1/8". Especially because some of our riveters are a little old/use swivel heads, they have trouble setting 3/16" aluminum w/ steel mandrel rivets.
We set some 3/16" rivets of this type on our original cheval de frise mechanism this year and when it came time to remove them, the portion of the mandrel still left in the rivet stopped use from being able to drill through, and we had to make a new part after having to drill a massive hole to fix the situation. Aluminum rivets are far safer IMO especially because more often I've had to deal with steel problem than with rivet shear problems. If I really need the extra strength I'll use screws.