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Cutting out or drilling out middle bench seat?
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<blockquote data-quote="surfman" data-source="post: 439903" data-attributes="member: 7404"><p>If you are using aluminum rivets, and I hope you are, they are very soft, two hammers, one a fairly heavy one like a 2# sledge is better but honestly a regular 16oz framing hammer and a lighter hammer works just as good. Use the heavier hammer as the anvil on the finished side of the rivet and the smaller hammer to simply tap the rivet flat, two or three blows is all it takes. I set mine with not issues at all and they are tight and sound. It was really easy. All you are doing is plugging holes, now if you are joining metal together that might be different.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="surfman, post: 439903, member: 7404"] If you are using aluminum rivets, and I hope you are, they are very soft, two hammers, one a fairly heavy one like a 2# sledge is better but honestly a regular 16oz framing hammer and a lighter hammer works just as good. Use the heavier hammer as the anvil on the finished side of the rivet and the smaller hammer to simply tap the rivet flat, two or three blows is all it takes. I set mine with not issues at all and they are tight and sound. It was really easy. All you are doing is plugging holes, now if you are joining metal together that might be different. [/QUOTE]
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