Been fishing out of my little 10ft boat for years now and it has gotten in such disrepair it isn't even water worthy anymore due to leaks. I am new to fixing up metal boats and need some help.
1. How do you drill out a rivet. (From which end do you do the drilling?) The head (rounded side)
or the side inside the boat?
2. When installing a new rivet, which end to you pound on and which to place the "anvil" on?
3. What do you do when the rivet has pulled through the seat and ripped a hole to big to put the standard size rivet back in? (seat not attached to floor in some places)
I already orderd the flex-steel (learned from lurcking) but I want all the rivets squared away before I put it on. any and all help would be great. Sorry for the "green horn" questions but I really have no Idea. Thanks to all in advance.
1. How do you drill out a rivet. (From which end do you do the drilling?) The head (rounded side)
or the side inside the boat?
2. When installing a new rivet, which end to you pound on and which to place the "anvil" on?
3. What do you do when the rivet has pulled through the seat and ripped a hole to big to put the standard size rivet back in? (seat not attached to floor in some places)
I already orderd the flex-steel (learned from lurcking) but I want all the rivets squared away before I put it on. any and all help would be great. Sorry for the "green horn" questions but I really have no Idea. Thanks to all in advance.