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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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Nice collection. Your in BC?
 
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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finally got a chance to put every thing together with the rivets. My take away. Less is more when using the air river tool. Also use the right drill and length of rivet. Even with my best effort I was all over the place with the rivets. I think I was driving them at weird angles. Any ways the back splash is done just need to mount it. Used some scrap stainless I had and some aluminum I had in my junk pile. I will definitely not win any awards for the riveting but it is all together and I can use that experience in doing my Christmas project for my dad.
 
djberta said:
View attachment 55903finally got a chance to put every thing together with the rivets. My take away. Less is more when using the air river tool. Also use the right drill and length of rivet. Even with my best effort I was all over the place with the rivets. I think I was driving them at weird angles. Any ways the back splash is done just need to mount it. Used some scrap stainless I had and some aluminum I had in my junk pile. I will definitely not win any awards for the riveting but it is all together and I can use that experience in doing my Christmas project for my dad.
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My training in running either end of a solid rivet (bucking bar, or Rivet gun) tells me that it takes a fair bit of experience, to get anything like a consistent result.

Sorta like the kid who asked a guy on the streets how he could get to Carnegie Hall.... "Practice!"

We drove, quite literally, thousands of rivets, during our training and practical sessions. Some were ugly!
 
Cleaned up and finished mounting the back splash. So one project down. I have the aluminum pieces cut for my dads project see how the refits turn out on the next try.
 
Hello DJ,
I have some experience with steel rivets, 3/8, to 3/4" sizes for architectural metal
We made domed rivet sets one to hold and the other to form the head. We inserted the rivet heated the blank end and used the press. Nicely formed consistent button each time
The trick is to get the right length.
You can also tack weld them if you only see the one side. Trim or grind the stub as required
We bought them from Spaenauer. See atattchment
Best,
 

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wmetfab said:
Hello DJ,
I have some experience with steel rivets, 3/8, to 3/4" sizes for architectural metal
We made domed rivet sets one to hold and the other to form the head. We inserted the rivet heated the blank end and used the press. Nicely formed consistent button each time
The trick is to get the right length.
You can also tack weld them if you only see the one side. Trim or grind the stub as required
We bought them from Spaenauer. See atattchment
Best,
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Had not thought about welding the back side. I got the rivets off amazon. Its good I got a multilength set. As there was a couple spots on the corners that needed longer then I would have thought rivets.
 
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