I'll disagree with you on aluminum rivits, Doug. Stainless are way stronger, pull much tigjhter, and last longer. On the M-10's we started out using aluminum rivits to fasten down the sail track. After a rew years in salt water, they would go ZIP and totally come off. The only thing I use them for now is fasten ing down the small plastic clamcleats, which will crack from stainless because of the increased pressure. jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "douglas kelch" <doug1kelch@gmail.com> To: "Montgomery" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 10:41 AM Subject: M_Boats: Pop rivets?
I am curious about Tom's comment on stainless pop rivets.
I used to use stainless self taping screws. Over 10 years of use, often in saltwater, they fused to the boom and were not easily removable and the resulting larger hole was not useable.
I switched to aluminum pop rivets as thier strength seems to be well in excess of the need on small boats like ours.
There does not seem to be any need or advantage to stainless pop rivets.
Am I wrong here?
Thanks
Doug Kelch M15 G" #310 "Seas the Day"
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