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Blind (pop) rivets, dome head: 3.2, 4.0, 4.8 mm and 1/8, 5/32, 3/16 in: hole size, head diameter, grip range, length

What drill size does a pop rivet need, and what are its head diameter and grip range? · Standard part · basis: Fortress all-aluminium blind rivet spec sheet (metric), Black Crow Fasteners reference guide (inch hole / grip / length), Olander and Zoro listings for two head diameters. Numbers only: the shape is a dome head, a short body and a break-stem mandrel, with no published profile

Also called: pop rivet drill size, 1/8 pop rivet drill bit, 3/16 pop rivet hole size, 4.8 mm blind rivet drill, 5/32 rivet hole, pop rivet head diameter, blind rivet grip range chart, pop rivet size chart, 3.2 mm rivet hole, ad44 rivet dimensions

Exact dimensions. True size, with no printing tolerance added.

sizes: 48 in table

Notes

The metric rows are the Fortress spec sheet: rivet diameter 3.2, 4.0, 4.8 mm, hole size range, a head-diameter range per diameter, grip range and length per rivet code (the sheet calls the diameters 'D' and the codes 4-x, 5-x, 6-x). The inch rows are the Black Crow guide: drill number, hole range, grip range and rivet length per trade size (41–410, 52–58, 62–616).
The two systems line up: the Olander listing for the 1/8 in AD44 prints a flange diameter of 0.238–0.262 in (6.05–6.65 mm, the Fortress 3.2 mm head range) and a hole of 0.129–0.133 in (3.28–3.38 mm, against 3.3–3.4 mm); the 3/16 in hole 0.192–0.196 in is 4.88–4.98 mm against 4.9–5.0 mm. Use the rows for your rivet's system.
Head diameter: Fortress prints a range per diameter, not per grip length. For inch rivets only two single-part values were found and they are shown on their own rows: AD44 (1/8 in, grip .188–.250) 0.238–0.262 in and AD52 (5/32 in, grip .063–.125, Stanley Engineered Fastening) 5/16 in. One distributor sheet printed head diameters that grew with grip length (.203 to .765 in for 1/8 in) and conflicted with those two listings, so it was not used.
Inch 'rivet length' is the figure printed in the Black Crow trade-size table; metric 'length' is the Fortress L column. Sheet values are guide values for aluminium-body rivets with the sheet's own caveat; steel, stainless and closed-end rivets, countersunk heads and large-flange heads have other head dimensions that are not on this page. The Fortress sheet also lists 2.4 and 6.4 mm rivets, not copied here.
No file: the body-and-head profile and the mandrel break-point are not published, so a drawing would be invented. McMaster-Carr's pop-rivet pages carry per-part STEP and are linked, not copied.

Blind (pop) rivets, dome head: 3.2, 4.0, 4.8 mm and 1/8, 5/32, 3/16… size chart

system	rivet diameter	code / trade size	hole / drill	head diameter	grip range	length
mm	3.2 mm	4-1	3.3 – 3.4	6.05 – 6.65	0.5 – 1.6	5.1
mm	3.2 mm	4-2	3.3 – 3.4	6.05 – 6.65	1.6 – 3.2	6.7
mm	3.2 mm	4-3	3.3 – 3.4	6.05 – 6.65	3.2 – 4.8	8.2
mm	3.2 mm	4-4	3.3 – 3.4	6.05 – 6.65	4.8 – 6.4	9.7
mm	3.2 mm	4-5	3.3 – 3.4	6.05 – 6.65	6.4 – 7.9	11.4
mm	3.2 mm	4-6	3.3 – 3.4	6.05 – 6.65	7.9 – 9.5	13.0
mm	3.2 mm	4-8	3.3 – 3.4	6.05 – 6.65	9.5 – 12.7	16.2
mm	3.2 mm	4-10	3.3 – 3.4	6.05 – 6.65	12.7 – 15.9	19.4
mm	3.2 mm	4-12	3.3 – 3.4	6.05 – 6.65	15.9 – 19.1	22.2
mm	4.0 mm	5-2	4.1 – 4.2	7.52 – 8.33	0.8 – 3.2	7.3
mm	4.0 mm	5-3	4.1 – 4.2	7.52 – 8.33	3.2 – 4.8	8.9
mm	4.0 mm	5-4	4.1 – 4.2	7.52 – 8.33	4.8 – 6.4	10.5
mm	4.0 mm	5-5	4.1 – 4.2	7.52 – 8.33	6.4 – 7.9	12.0
mm	4.0 mm	5-6	4.1 – 4.2	7.52 – 8.33	7.9 – 9.5	13.6
mm	4.0 mm	5-8	4.1 – 4.2	7.52 – 8.33	9.5 – 12.7	16.8
mm	4.0 mm	5-10	4.1 – 4.2	7.52 – 8.33	12.7 – 15.9	20.0
mm	4.0 mm	5-12	4.1 – 4.2	7.52 – 8.33	15.9 – 19.1	22.5
mm	4.8 mm	6-2	4.9 – 5.0	9.04 – 10.01	0.8 – 3.2	8.0
mm	4.8 mm	6-3	4.9 – 5.0	9.04 – 10.01	3.2 – 4.8	9.5
mm	4.8 mm	6-4	4.9 – 5.0	9.04 – 10.01	4.8 – 6.4	11.1
mm	4.8 mm	6-5	4.9 – 5.0	9.04 – 10.01	6.4 – 7.9	12.7
mm	4.8 mm	6-6	4.9 – 5.0	9.04 – 10.01	7.9 – 9.5	14.3
mm	4.8 mm	6-8	4.9 – 5.0	9.04 – 10.01	9.5 – 12.7	17.5
mm	4.8 mm	6-10	4.9 – 5.0	9.04 – 10.01	12.7 – 15.9	20.7
mm	4.8 mm	6-12	4.9 – 5.0	9.04 – 10.01	15.9 – 19.1	23.8
mm	4.8 mm	6-14	4.9 – 5.0	9.04 – 10.01	19.1 – 22.2	27.0
mm	4.8 mm	6-16	4.9 – 5.0	9.04 – 10.01	22.2 – 25.4	30.2
in	1/8 in	41	0.129 – 0.133 (drill #30)	—	.032 – .062	.188
in	1/8 in	42	0.129 – 0.133 (drill #30)	—	.063 – .125	.250
in	1/8 in	43	0.129 – 0.133 (drill #30)	—	.126 – .187	.313
in	1/8 in	44	0.129 – 0.133 (drill #30)	0.238 – 0.262	.188 – .250	.375
in	1/8 in	45	0.129 – 0.133 (drill #30)	—	.251 – .312	.438
in	1/8 in	46	0.129 – 0.133 (drill #30)	—	.313 – .375	.500
in	1/8 in	48	0.129 – 0.133 (drill #30)	—	.376 – .500	.625
in	1/8 in	410	0.129 – 0.133 (drill #30)	—	.501 – .625	.750
in	5/32 in	52	0.160 – 0.164 (drill #20)	5/16 (0.312)	.063 – .125	.275
in	5/32 in	53	0.160 – 0.164 (drill #20)	—	.126 – .187	.338
in	5/32 in	54	0.160 – 0.164 (drill #20)	—	.188 – .250	.400
in	5/32 in	56	0.160 – 0.164 (drill #20)	—	.251 – .375	.525
in	5/32 in	58	0.160 – 0.164 (drill #20)	—	.376 – .500	.650
in	3/16 in	62	0.192 – 0.196 (drill #11)	—	.063 – .125	.300
in	3/16 in	64	0.192 – 0.196 (drill #11)	—	.126 – .250	.425
in	3/16 in	66	0.192 – 0.196 (drill #11)	—	.251 – .375	.550
in	3/16 in	68	0.192 – 0.196 (drill #11)	—	.376 – .500	.675
in	3/16 in	610	0.192 – 0.196 (drill #11)	—	.501 – .625	.800
in	3/16 in	612	0.192 – 0.196 (drill #11)	—	.626 – .750	.925
in	3/16 in	614	0.192 – 0.196 (drill #11)	—	.751 – .875	1.050
in	3/16 in	616	0.192 – 0.196 (drill #11)	—	.876 – 1.000	1.175

Where the files are

Other publishers' files are linked, not hosted. "verify" = check the license at the link before commercial use.

Fortress (Steel & Tube NZ)	Blind rivet domed and CSK head, all aluminium: spec sheet (rivet diameter, hole size, head diameter, grip range, length)	web	Maker spec sheet (guide values); numbers only
Black Crow Fasteners	Blind rivet reference guide: drill number and hole size, trade size, rivet length and grip range for 1/8, 5/32, 3/16 in	web	Publisher's page; dimensions are facts
Olander (distributor)	AD44ABS pop rivet 1/8 in dome head: hole 0.129–0.133 in, drill #30, flange diameter 0.238–0.262 in, grip 0.188–0.250 in	web	Publisher's page; dimensions are facts
Zoro (distributor)	Stanley Engineered Fastening AD52ABS201 blind rivet, 5/32 in dome head: head 5/16 in, grip 0.063–0.125 in, drill #20	web	Publisher's page; dimensions are facts
McMaster-Carr	Pop (blind) rivets (free STEP/IGES per part, for your own design use; no redistribution)	STEP, IGES, PDF	McMaster-Carr site terms: personal design use, no redistribution verify

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