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Posted 2/10/2016 9:35 AM (#804035 - in reply to #803948)
Subject: Re: Welded vs Rivets.




One thing that is different between boats and construction is the metal involved. Steel and aluminum are quite different. I have a neighbor who made his living for many decades as a machinist and a welder, specializing in aluminum. Aluminum is far more difficult to weld correctly than is steel, from what he tells me. Supposedly this difference is the reason airplanes are riveted, rather than welded.

That being said, both seem to work well if the company does it right.

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