Wooden Boat Building Rivets
This feature is not available right now. please try again later.. The rivets are hammered through the slightly smaller holes. the crown head of the rivet that is to be riveted is placed on a hard base. in this case a section of railway track is used. the washer is placed on the point of the rivet. the setter is used to drive the washer over the rivet until it is against the timber.. I worked in wooden boat construction and repair for many years. rivets, correctly termed clenches, boat nails or clench nails, are used traditional wooden boat building because, quite simply, they do the job best. they are predominantly copper but....
Wooden boat building rivets posted by licano alop at 7:30 am on thursday, february 26, 2015 how to build your own wooden boat (13 steps) | ehow, how to build your own wooden boat. building model boats allows you to unleash your imagination and improve your craftsmanship. there are various methods.. Hey all. built a few stitch and glue over the last 3 years, and finally building my first clinker boat this month lord will'n and the creek don't rise. it's going to be a 15' simple lapstrake (3 on each side of the keel) using copper rivets and traditional pine tar/fiber sealant.. The only thing that confsed me was the phrase cut the rivet off just long enough. this means cutting it off about as tight to the rove as a pair of very large nippers can get. this was about 300 rivets on an old boat. my 10 year old son was on top with a rivet gun set on low pressure. i was under with the bucking block. great father and son thing..
