Large Solid Rivets for General Engineering Purposes - Not Boiler Rivets 

BS 275 : 1927   plate 2, Fig 6   Rounded 60° Countersunk Head
½ to 1¾ Inches Diameter - All Dimensions in Inches - Generally Mild Steel

- - - Shank Diameter - - -

Head Diameter 

Head Depth

Depth of 

Setting

  Nominal
  D

&
 

Tolerance
 

 
   A=1.5D

 
B=0.433D

Round
C=0.201D

Allowance
S=0.484D

1/2

0.500

0.484 / 0.531

0.750

0.217

0.101

0.242

9/16

0.563

0.547 / 0.594

0.844

0.244

0.113

0.272

5/8

0.625

0.609 / 0.656

0.938

0.271

0.126

0.303

11/16

0.688

0.672 / 0.719

1.031

0.298

0.138

0.333

3/4

0.750

0.734 / 0.781

1.125

0.325

0.151

0.363

13/16

0.813

0.797 / 0.844

1.219

0.352

0.163

0.393

7/8

0.875

0.859 / 0.906

1.313

0.379

0.176

0.424

15/16

0.938

0.922 / 0.969

1.406

0.406

0.188

0.454

1

1.000

0.984 / 1.031

1.500

0.433

0.201

0.484

1.1/16

1.063

1.047 / 1.094

1.594

0.460

0.214

0.514

1.1/8

1.125

1.109 / 1.156

1.688

0.487

0.226

0.545

1.3/16

1.188

1.172 / 1.219

1.781

0.514

0.239

0.575

1.1/4

1.250

1.234 / 1.281

1.875

0.541

0.251

0.605

1.5/16

1.313

1.297 / 1.344

1.969

0.568

0.264

0.635

1.3/8

1.375

1.359 / 1.406

2.063

0.595

0.276

0.666

1.7/16

1.438

1.422 / 1.469

2.156

0.622

0.289

0.696

1.1/2

1.500

1.484 / 1.531

2.250

0.650

0.302

0.726

1.9/16

1.563

1.547 / 1.594

2.344

0.677

0.314

0.756

1.5/8

1.625

1.609 / 1.656

2.438

0.704

0.327

0.787

1.11/16

1.688

1.672 / 1.719

2.531

0.731

0.339

0.817

1.3/4

1.750

1.734 / 1.781

2.625

0.758

0.352

0.847