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Here are some tool suggestions that we use at work performing sheet metal repairs that mite prove useful in a Tin boat application.  ...

I probably used 3/8" 98% of the time, bought just a handful longer "just in case". And NO, you cannot pound them down. Cut them or...

baby's got a new backbone! looks awesome

THANKS!

Having formed replacement skins (inside & out, see 16- tin in my signature) for tin boats where I had to anneal the tin before massive...

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Look for the surplus/used section for reasonable tool prices

I acquired this 1992 Lowe 17’ boat with 1991 motor and trailer, in a trade in October 2019. We ran and fished it on the ICW and mouth of...

I've tried the plastic bunk wrap on one trailer and it worked well, but it was kind of thin and soft and the aluminum boat started...

Referring to the material that is being drilled and riveted together as parent material is probably the wrong Termanology. My thought on...

I noticed the Type A are the 1100 designation you have referred to in other posts (softer than parent material).

Thanks for the heads up. Apparently I am,SMAI-Social Media Acronym Ignorant!

I am not familiar with FWIW, I used the aircraft rivets that I have access to. The aluminum alloys used in boat building probably differ...

AC 43.13-1B. Paragraph 4, refers to among other things, rivet identification, riveting practices, and some methods of structural repair...