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Originally Posted by paulgato
Yes, I'm not that familiar with using rivets, and I don't have a riveter tool. It sounds like a good and satisfyingly quick process, although I'd be concerned about any protruding rivet heads, especially on the inside, as these plates will potentially be pressing hard against the battery wall. Maybe flush rivets are available?
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Don't Optima batteries have round corners where the backside of the rivets can safely live? Flush riveting would usually mean countersinking the backsides in some way. I'd still use some adhesive (Sikaflex) on the parts, couldn't hurt. Even better would be to find someone with a sheet metal brake (with the size of the fabrication in question, a DIY brake like you'll find on instructables might suffice) and then you'd only have one join.