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What is the best way to seal rivets on a Jon boat?
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<blockquote data-quote="wis bang" data-source="post: 168684" data-attributes="member: 3796"><p>They are formed by pressure. It is possible to smack 'em w/ a hammer while holding something heavy against the other side to expand it and tighten it in the hole. I have a 40 oz. crosspien hammer that I would back the one side while striking the other side w/ my 25 oz ballpein.</p><p></p><p>Dad used to have a small section of RR rail and we would rivet mower [sickle bar] blades on it using a rivet set. The tool had a blind hole and a cup shape. you would put the hole over the shank of the rivet and smack the tool, this 'set' or 'bucked' the rivet fixing it in place thru the hole in the metal then you rotated the tool 180 and the cup would allow you to form the head. The rail made a good anvil.</p><p></p><p>The rivet is malleable so it can be struck [while backed up] and expanded in the hole.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wis bang, post: 168684, member: 3796"] They are formed by pressure. It is possible to smack 'em w/ a hammer while holding something heavy against the other side to expand it and tighten it in the hole. I have a 40 oz. crosspien hammer that I would back the one side while striking the other side w/ my 25 oz ballpein. Dad used to have a small section of RR rail and we would rivet mower [sickle bar] blades on it using a rivet set. The tool had a blind hole and a cup shape. you would put the hole over the shank of the rivet and smack the tool, this 'set' or 'bucked' the rivet fixing it in place thru the hole in the metal then you rotated the tool 180 and the cup would allow you to form the head. The rail made a good anvil. The rivet is malleable so it can be struck [while backed up] and expanded in the hole. [/QUOTE]
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