Cutting rivets

[BGates14]

How would you cut rivets in the computer case to take out the cd cage or something like that from inside the computer? I need to take out my cd cage and use it for something I"m making and I have no clue how to cut the rivets or take the cage out, the only thing holding it on are the rivets.

 

[Celegorm]

umm, maybe if you have a pair of tin snips you can cut it off the case. If that doesn't work, or isn't concivable, is there a way you could pry it off? The only thing with prying is you might bend the cage (depending on the material)

 

[hascet]

I believe if you drill out the center of the rivet you can remove it

 

[BGates14]

Yeah it would most likely bend, I thought of drilling holes through where the rivets are, and I did one but it didn't seem like it was moving, so I came on here to see if anyone knew a good way or how to without me screwing it up with my own ideas.

 

[hascet]

^what do you mean it wasn't moving?

 

[borat_sagdiyev]

yea u gotta drill em

 

[hascet]

ya thats the only way I know how to get them out is to get a drill bit thats just slightly smaller than the hole the rivet is in and drill it right down the center...

 

[BGates14]

It wasn't moving because the bit was smaller than the hole, so there was still the outter part attached, it ended up working after i cut off a few minor peices that weren't on the cd cage.

 

[root]

Hascet has the right answer.

use a drill on the top of the rivet to drill until the head comes off, then use a thin rod and a hammer to push the bottom part of the rivet (the bit that mushrooms) out from the top.

et voila the rivet is gone.