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 Snap or Round Head
  Also called Button, Cup or Dome Head           Imperial Sizes

Solid Round Head Rivet - schematic
 

  Large Solid Rivets for General Engineering Purposes - Not Boiler Rivets 

BS 275 : 1927   plate 2, Fig 3   Snap Head
½ to 1¾ Inches Diameter - All Dimensions in Inches - Generally Mild Steel

- - - Shank Diameter - - -

Head Diameter 

Head Depth

Setting

  Nominal
  D

&
 

Tolerance
 

 
   A=1.6D

 
B=0.7D

Allowance
S=1.125D

1/2

0.500

0.484 / 0.531

0.800

0.350

0.563

9/16

0.563

0.547 / 0.594

0.900

0.394

0.633

5/8

0.625

0.609 / 0.656

1.000

0.438

0.703

11/16

0.688

0.672 / 0.719

1.100

0.481

0.773

3/4

0.750

0.734 / 0.781

1.200

0.525

0.844

13/16

0.813

0.797 / 0.844

1.300

0.569

0.914

7/8

0.875

0.859 / 0.906

1.400

0.613

0.984

15/16

0.938

0.922 / 0.969

1.500

0.656

1.055

1

1.000

0.984 / 1.031

1.600

0.700

1.125

1.1/16

1.063

1.047 / 1.094

1.700

0.744

1.195

1.1/8

1.125

1.109 / 1.156

1.800

0.788

1.266

1.3/16

1.188

1.172 / 1.219

1.900

0.831

1.336

1.1/4

1.250

1.234 / 1.281

2.000

0.875

1.406

1.5/16

1.313

1.297 / 1.344

2.100

0.919

1.477

1.3/8

1.375

1.359 / 1.406

2.200

0.963

1.547

1.7/16

1.438

1.422 / 1.469

2.300

1.006

1.617

1.1/2

1.500

1.484 / 1.531

2.400

1.050

1.688

1.9/16

1.563

1.547 / 1.594

2.500

1.094

1.758

1.5/8

1.625

1.609 / 1.656

2.600

1.138

1.828

1.11/16

1.688

1.672 / 1.719

2.700

1.181

1.898

1.3/4

1.750

1.734 / 1.781

2.800

1.225

1.969

The Britsh Standard does not specify tolerances for Head Diameter, Depth or Shank Length.
It is normal to have a radius under the head, but no dimensions are specified.