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Fig 2

Punch the centre of the head using a centre punch. (Fig 3)
Place the head of the rivet over a nut or a hollow bush of a larger dia. than the head of rivet. (Fig 4)
Hold the solid punch of diameter less than the rivet diameter vertically at the centre point already punched and
strike with the hammer till the shank comes out of the sheet. (Fig 4)

Fig 3

Fig 4

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CITS : C G & M - Fitter - Exercise 64