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#72301 04/10/06 10:31 AM 04/10/06 10:31 AM |
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Posts: 5,582 “an island in the Pacifi... | I replaced rivets and used the old holes with no problems. If the holes have grown you'll want to use rivet casings. Murray's carries them part #19-5020. US Sail Level 2 Instructor US Sail Level 3 Coach | | | Re: Drilling/replacing old rivets.
[Re: hobie1616]
#72302 04/10/06 10:33 AM 04/10/06 10:33 AM |
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Posts: 306 St. Louis, MO | Also, when drilling out old rivits you want to use an oversized drill and just drill off the head of the rivit. This way you don't chew up the exisiting hole. Just be careful not to drill too far into the rivit.
Nick
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[Re: Captain_Dave]
#72304 04/10/06 11:27 AM 04/10/06 11:27 AM |
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Posts: 1,187 38.912, -95.37 | I like to use an angle grinder for the rivet heads, never had a rivet spin on me.
John H16, H14
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#72305 04/10/06 11:28 AM 04/10/06 11:28 AM |
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Posts: 306 St. Louis, MO | They are also nice when using SS rivits on aluminum. If you get a nonreactive material (like Monel) it will reduce the corrossion at the rivit.
Nick
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Previous Boats '84 H16 '82 H18 Magnum '74 Pearson 30 St. Louis, MO
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[Re: Captain_Dave]
#72306 04/10/06 11:33 AM 04/10/06 11:33 AM |
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Posts: 5,582 “an island in the Pacifi... | Thanks fellas,
I didn`t know about "rivet casings". Glad I do now - what handy little things those must be. They are! Here's a question for the general population of this forum. Does anyone know of a place that sells different sizes of rivet casings? TIA US Sail Level 2 Instructor US Sail Level 3 Coach | | |
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