Good point, Patrick! I agree.Or unless you can't easily set the rivet that way. It's a rule of thumb, but it would be better to do a good job setting the rivet.
Ditto. Or if installing it the opposite way in a tough to rivet place would make it easier to drill out when you mess up.Or unless you can't easily set the rivet that way. It's a rule of thumb, but it would be better to do a good job setting the rivet. Sometimes you can get a bucking bar in where you can't get a gun or squeezer, so don't be so fixated on the "rule" that you cause problems for yourself.
Convention is to put the factory head on the thinner side because you're less likely to bugger it up.