I know Denny.. so what I try and do when one of my old friends says to 'try this' is I DO it, then see if the results are satisfactory. In this case, WOW! No need for the second person. I went to a lot of trouble to use a hacksaw to remove the heat factor to cut off the head of the rivet, then with a 12" punch and a very large ball peen hammer, drive out the rivet. If it were anything like you guys think, the rivet would fall right out. In this case, it took more than 5 progressively hard blows and when it did finally release, it pinged clear across the room. I had to then straighten the frame before doing it again.
It works really well or I wouldn't put my name on the document. Next time you are alone in the shop (for me all the time) and you need to do some riveting, give it a shot. Riveting is pretty cool.. something you can say you have checked off the bucket list. AND Carl.. if I could find polished stainless rivets that stayed that way thru the process.. I would be in a whole nother place!
How cool would that be!
