How to install and fix Boat rivets

Cheap=Smart. I educated myself aboutgunsmithing a hundred years ago when I was a baby. From the public library I looked at all the literature available. The most comprehensive book I could find , had hundreds of pages “ the first half” on making the tools and techniques required for guns smithing. I have applied same notion to all my other endeavours, from fishing, hunting, fabrication, back packing whatever.... my first trip is not to the store to purchase stuff. Half the stuff I have, my most valuable stuff ie;useful is made /fabricolbled. I like your video for promoting the same idea. I mean all the stuff you buy at the store was once made in someone’s shop. Thanks for sharing...I’m restoring a fishing boat, and wanted some ideas on riveting.

Thanks for the vid, about to start a boat project with my 17 yr old son and was not sure the best way to fix leaks on a budget.

Have a 10 foot flat boat given to me. Bunch of rivets were loose. Bought a bag of 3/8th long, 3/16th diameter brazers. Made a air hammer rig like yours. The trick is to have the boat hull and seat base or crossbraces smack dab together. Any gap may widen from flex over time is my theory. Brazers will work if done right. I opted to use #10-24 half inch long stainless machine screws with a #10 stainless washer and stainless Ny-Lok nut on the interior side. Used a little bit of JB Weld Marine epoxy under the screw head. It draws the two pieces together tighter than a bull's ass. The screw protrudes a little inside but not enough to poke a hole in bare feet. It's a little unsightly but she floats. Not sure if there would be electrolysis between the aluminum and stainless but I think the JB epoxy will provide a barrier.

New subsciber here. And all i have to say is thank u for showing us how to install rivets and how they work. Keep up the great content and looking forward to more boat content. Much love to ya from Maryland❤❤❤

I would still silicone the inside  to also make a soft cushion the protruding end etc.   thanks for the info and DIY rivet hammer :)

Thanks! I know it has been years since you did this video but it helped me in 2022!

thats a great idea on the tools. Just what i needed. Thanks a bunch

About to start my first boat build ad can't wait to get it started

That was brilliant!!! Thank you!!

Great video. Thanks!

good video man very informative

Great job & good advise.

Thanks allot for this video.

That bolt would be called a "bucking bar" in aircraft construction.

brilliant ! great vidio's thanks! stupid question: would it work better with air chisel on other side ? (peen side)

very good . i tried what you did but the rivet on the inside bent and didnt look like your finished product . maybe my rivets were too long . id love to see a boat factory video of how they are installed . I was told they are called “ blind rivets “

The OEM way is really a two person job.

The air tool is called a rivet set,the bolt head would be a bucking bar.

Hey man great video, we are trying to repair our aluminum flat bottom, and we are having a hard time figuring out what size closed in rivets to use? Like what diameter and what grip? This is somewhere we will be fishing around so it can’t stick out really far from the boat, don’t want it snagging on us, or I don’t want the kids falling and getting hurt, what would you recommend? ThanksJay

awesome - please link the last oem rivet source - thanks in advance