Removing ID Plates

[CouesHunter]

Maybe a dumb question; Does anyone have a good method for removing the rivets from their collar ID plates without melting or ruining the collar or possibly even the ID plate?

[BAR BAR 2]

4" angle grinder. Place the name plate in a vise where the rivet is barely sticking out. This will give it some stability and keep it from bending. Then take your angle grinder and go slow and light. Don't bear down on it too hard, or you will get into the name plate and possibly the collar. Be sure and wear safety glasses, because metal in the eye really sucks.



Tex

[david]

If you don't have a grinder, I use a drill. I pick a bit about the size of the shaft of the rivet or a tad bigger. If the rivet does not have a dimple in the middle, make one with a philips screw driver and hammer, or center punch or whatever. Drill all the way through it and essentially destroy the shaft of the rivet. It won't hurt the collar or the plate.

[Grzyadms4x4]

I'm not sure what kind of rivets you're using but I use the copper or brass rivets and I just use a pair of dykes and slide them in between the name plate and the collar and snip the rivet in half and it usually just pops right out.

[CouesHunter]

Thanks for the responses. I had tried the grinder but was looking for a better method, I will try the dykes. funny cant call those plyers that at work any more....... geezzz

[tom]

I have to remove old rivets in my saddle shop all the time, I drill them out. I'll center punch the rivet first then use a sharp drill bit about the size of the shaft. I also turn the speed of the drill down to prevent it from slipping and messing up a project.