Homebrew PCBs

On 21/03/13 18:52, Boman33 wrote:
> Without the soldermask the regular rivets can be soldered to the top trace
> as a secondary operation.

It was my intention to solder both sides after setting the rivet from 
both sides (the ring  should be fractionally wider than the rivet head 
to allow solder adherance), then paint the mask over the top.

I don't know what you mean by a split rivet, could you perhaps make a 
sketch of one, having trouble imagining how it is different to a 
standard hollow rivet?