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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 337.1 | | WODBOT::GINGER | Ron Ginger | Thu Apr 13 1989 12:57 | 6 |
| If the rivet heads have simply loosened its easy to tighten them- simply back
them up with a bucking bar- any heavy metal object, and peen the head over
with a ball peen hammer, just like the rivet was applied in the first place.
If its loosened because the metal has streched or pulled and the hole is enlarged
the repair is more complicated- maybe even to replacing part of the pannel.
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| 337.2 | | BTO::BELL | Infinity gets tedious before its over | Fri Apr 14 1989 10:06 | 12 |
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there is also the possibility that the little green sticks
of epoxy (?) which you heat up with a propane torch
might do the trick too. They're sold in many a boating
catalog for "aluminum boat repair". I never used one,
but I've seen many a aluminum rowboat with green gunk around
the rivets.
(I'd be paranoid ... attempt to tighten up the rivets like
-.1 sez and then throw some of the green gunk on :-) )
- Ed
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| 337.3 | La Brea Boatworks | BTO::JPETERS | John Peters, DTN 266-4391 | Fri Apr 14 1989 14:52 | 4 |
| I use tar. I have to reheat it each spring, and it lasts for a
season... This is, of course, for an old 14' beater, an Arkansas
Traveller.
J
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| 337.4 | Aluminum welding | MKOTS3::taydhcp-23-16-140.tay.dec.com::Suter | Hit it! | Mon Dec 02 1996 09:09 | 12
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