[Paddlewise] Rivet Field Repair Kit

From: Shawn W. Baker <baker_at_montana.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 12:36:54 -0600
>2. A compact poprivet tool (don't have this yet;  any recommendations?).

Cut the handles off/drill lightening holes all over the handles?

>3. A compact hand-operated drill for a 3/16 inch bit -- for drilling out old
>rivets and making holes for replacements.  Tried using a drill chuck I had
>around, but hand twisting the bit with it is not going to cut it.

An old fashioned "yankee screwdriver" drill with a 3/16" bit.  Requires
a special shank--you can't use a regular HSS drill bit for a 3-jaw
chuck.

Or, an "eggbeater drill" which would accommodate a regular bit.

Shawn
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