Pop rivets help needed.

[rarara]

So I have a project to form a riser for a bbq from a strip of sheet stainless steel, and hopefully the bending will be ok and I plan to rivet the ends together with closed-end pop rivets. I also wanted to use some rivets around the top inside edge to place the bbq grate on (seen it done by other people who gave me the idea). My question is.....

....what kind of pop rivets leave a tail section that seems to protrude horizontally for what looks like 10mm?

I think they are closed rivets, but it isn't clear and I can't find any diagrams that show in much detail.

 

[Burnerman]

Using a rivet - closed or otherwise - that is too long for the purpose will indeed give you the projection you require. However, there's no guarantee that the rivets will collapse uniformly so they aren't likely to look too neat.
Consider screws and nuts instead, or maybe rivnuts plus a threaded mandrel, do you think?
John

 

[lostinthelight]

Would riviting Some “L” brackets around the top to rest the grille on not be acceptable alternative ?

 

[bernardgreen]

Some “L” brackets

Definitely a better option than just relying on pop rivets. Pop rivets are made from soft metal that can distort when the rivet is "popped". Hence it follows that the rivet could also distort under the weight of the grill / grate

 

[cdbe]

10mm lengths of (stainless) steel tube as spacers?

 

[Burnerman]

Some rivetting ideas there for the OP
John

 

[lostinthelight]

Some rivetting ideas there for the OP
John

 

[conny]

Some rivetting ideas there for the OP
John

Only if he 'pops' back to read them.