The ATS guys can help you get started if you talk nice to them.įor a couple of hundred rivets just use a cheap long barrel air hammer and 'tease' the trigger. 401 shank from an Aircraft Tool Supply Co. Get good ear muffs, an L shaped bucking bar, and a straight and an angled rivet set with a. About 3500 go below the waterline on a 22 footer and take 10-12 hours to put in. They are cheap and yopu will need more than you think. Rivets are sold by the pound, about 1200 rivets of the sizes you will need.
#BUCK RIVET FASTENAL SERIES#
I use 1100 series alloy since it is preferently corroded before the hull alloy. You need rivets that are total thickness + 125% of the rivet diameter long. The name escapes me right now but it was something tricky like Rivet Supply Co. That said, I have done a few boats and used braiser head rivets from a company in the Bronx. Rivet failure is caused by electrolytic action between the rivet alloy and the hull alloy in most cases, evidenced by a small spot of fine white powder around the area. in the case of rivets and boats - the smooth side to the water.
Hope that is not the case with your boat because the fix for this is rather radical (read that as expensive) and in extreme cases the boat has only scrap metal value.įour rules I learned 1. Seems that sometimes the aluminum flexes so much when they are pushed hard (local boat dealer told me that he felt Starcraft was putting way to much engine on them even though they somehow did get BIA certification for the HP)that fatigue cracks propagate from one rivet hole to the next and then the rivets loosen up.
I postponed the decision to buy and was later very happy I had. Early 80's, I looked into buying a used Starcraft runabout that leaked when I took it out for a trial. Starcraft makes some great boats, I've had a couple and they were fine little 12' and 14' fishing boats.
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