Alloy peen rivets??

[tunaticer]

G'day fellas,

I have found two small corrosion holes in my tinny that are going to get a peen rivet inserted into each. Problem is where do I find a stockist of alloy peen rivets these days?

It is not worth going thru the dramas of stripping the boat bare to get to these spots to weld, so I am just going to drill them thru to 5mm and whack in a rivet and peen them closed.

Have tried Bias and Glasscraft and got unknowing stares back.

Jack.

[Kleyny]

try a sheet metal place they would probably throw a few at ya

neil

[Dan5]

mate i've tried to get some myself a while back and could not find any either,maybe try a sheety's shop? They are definatly a rare find nowaday's but can be so handy for the right job........Good luck finding some,

Dan.....

[Kleyny]

a work mates old man is an old sheet metal worker I'll see if he can score a few or know where to get them.
I'll talk to him on tuesday

neil

[Spaniard_King]

Try the avaition industry, should be able to get some there I recon. If not try the boat manufacturers.. of the popular brands ie quintrex allycraft etc. I notice they still use rivets in their boats :)

[shubeej]

jack, you might be better to try an aeroplane/helecopter repairer i now we needed some for a job years ago & thats where we got them from & unfortunatley the place we got them from used to be on the side of the gateway arterial rd at eagle farm but has since been demolished good luck
shubeej

[shano]

where is the hole? is it in the hull?

[TheRealAndy]

Our local yacht club has an old life boat as a start vessel. It needed some rivets replaced, but no one could find any. The guys decided to make their own rivets from large guage aluminium wire. Worked a treat.

[tunaticer]

Yeah its in the bottom of the hull two about 8 inches apart.

Not worth getting welded up yet, so its a rivet job to seal it off for a year or so.

Jack.

[sharkymark2]

I used to repair aluminium in refrigeration pipes with some ally epoxy glue works just as well as welding.

[builder]

hi have plenty of riverts
had them for years ,used to use on the seats in the tinnies
give me a call 0416209590 or 55649082
cheers tony

[Kleyny]

I spoke to my mate today and he rung is dad (the ex-sheety) on load speaker he was asked if he had any floating around. he couldn't help but laugh. He said his old work place hadn't used them in 20 odd years.

So i would take up builders offer.
Once again another Ausfisher helping out another ausfisher i need
WELL DONE TO YOU BUILDER

neil