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Telling my dad about this thread and we had a good conversation about fixing old row boats. We, like everyone on this thread at one time or another had an aluminum boat, I think we had a 9hp motor, not sure it’s been 40 years. But we really enjoyed it. Lots of lazy fishing discussing the world’s problems, that of course we could solve so easily.
 
djberta said:
IMG_2521.jpegIMG_2522.jpegIMG_2523.jpegDoes any one have any experience with solid rivets. I'm looking in to using them for a project with my dad. We really like the look of the rivets. Like the old air plane, ship look. I'm looking at the soft aluminum rivets.
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I have lots of soft steel and aluminum rivets. Mainly solid with some hollow, 1/4” dia and smaller.
Also have a 1/4 » rivet set

I’ve had them for years and have used them twice

Any interest?
 
djberta said:
We, like everyone on this thread at one time or another had an aluminum boat, I think we had a 9hp motor, not sure it’s been 40 years.
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Yup, count me in. One year I took my boat north and installed solid rivets on many of the seams and also installed two new ribs to stop the nose section from oil drumming whenever we plowed into a wave...... Great times!
 
The help in this thread alone has been amazing. Me and the wife are almost done selling our Leduc house. One more run to finish moving on Monday and possession for the buyers is Friday. Next weekend will be the first free weekend I have had in almost a year. Still have lots of work in Airdrie on the house and organizing my mountain of stuff. Then maybe I can get out and do a shop visit with a member and good how to on the rivets.
 
Frcsc6el8 said:
I have lots of soft steel and aluminum rivets. Mainly solid with some hollow, 1/4” dia and smaller.
Also have a 1/4 » rivet set

I’ve had them for years and have used them twice

Any interest?
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I have a single Drawer in a parts cabinet with a mess of assorted rivets. I figure it amounts to about every second year I actually look there for a solution.

Projects that need a bunch of rivets tend to be worth buying the right size for, and if you only need one, you can form a head on both ends of some clean rod stock.
 
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