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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Macintosh" data-source="post: 495296" data-attributes="member: 31571"><p>I am re-riveting on a gunwale that popped a few rivets.  I have aluminum brazier-head rivets of the appropriate length (3/8" length), but I do not have access to a compressor.  I have found a few references here and elsewhere from people saying they have installed rivets by hand using a hammer on one side and a sledge or bucking bar on the other.  For those who have done this, what worked best?  Sledge on the round side and bang on the tail with a normal-sized hammer?  Or sledge on the tail and bang on the rounded head with a hammer?  Or?   Did you find a heavier or lighter hammer worked better?  I'll practice on a couple, but any tips to speed up the learning curve would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance.</p></blockquote><p></p>