Fasteners

72 Piece Stainless Tapping Screw Kit

Buckle sets for 1" Nylon Webbing

By popular request we are finally offering one inch nylon webbing and buckles. Since these are sturdy and not really affected by water, they are very useful for many applications on a boat. Some ideas: Keeping hatches closed Holding heavy gear in...

Driver Bits

Often the screws that we use for boat building must be driven with special driver bits. We believe these are the most commonly used ones.

Stainless Steel Nylok Nuts

Silicon Bronze Nuts

10-24 thru 3/4-13 thread sizes

42 Piece Stainless Pan Head Tapping Screw Kit

Grab some of these kits for your shop or your boat - or both. You never know when you will need an odd screw, nut or pin.

Stainless Quick-Release Pins

AISI 304 Stainless Note: Nominal size is overall length of pin - see sketch below for other dimensions...

72 Piece Stainless Tapping & Machine Screw Kit

Grab some of these kits for your shop or your boat - or both. You never know when you will need an odd screw, nut or pin.

Glue on Studs

These studs come with our kayak foot braces when the glue-on option is chosen, but we can see lots of other possible applications. A bit of figerglass cloth and epoxy will attach these studs to any surface that will take glue. Feedback: Hi Chuck and...

Clevis Pins

Stainless Steel Clevis pins and rings.Pins: Example - "3/16 x 1/2" means the pin is 3/16's of an inch in diameter on the shank of the pin and there is 1/2 inch between the head and the hole. See example below:

Aluminum Tri-Fold Pop Rivets

These Black Aluminum Pop rivets work in a standard pop-rivet gun. These are perfect for attaching Padeyes and other hardware to plastic kayaks or any surface where you are unable to reach the back side.Each rivet is split into three sections which bend...

Stainless "D" Rings

AISI 304 Stainless Part # A B C "D" - SD-191830 3/16" 15/16" 1"

Raptor 15 Gauge Composite Nails

RAPTOR® nails are not susceptible to the corrosion and oxidation that attacks metal, so your manufactured product retains its beautiful new appearance. RAPTOR® nails and staples can be sanded and sawed without tool damage, so you will not need to...

Deckplate Wood Screw Fastener Kits

Stainless Steel The kit you need will be determined by the material and the thickness of the material that you are mounting to. For wood - if the wood is at least 1/2" thick, wood screws are fine. For any material that is 3/8" or less, then we recommend...

Clevis Rings

Standard rings for use with clevis pins. Style may vary. 18-8 Stainless Steel

Stainless Rigging Pins

Stainless Steel Rigging PinsThese rigging pins have many uses - from tabernacles or mast steps like the one directly below, to gudgeons like the picture farther down. These are currently 1/4" and 5/16" in diameter and range from 2 to 3-1/2 inches...

1" Nylon Webbing

By popular request we are finally offering one inch nylon webbing and buckles. Since these are sturdy and not really affected by water, they are very useful for many applications on a boat. Some ideas: Keeping hatches closed Holding heavy gear in...

Factory Potter Mast Step Pins

These pins are used for the mast steps on the Potter 15 and the Potter 19. Two required for each mast step.

66 Piece Stainless Cotter Ring Kit

Grab some of these kits for your shop or your boat - or both. You never know when you will need an odd screw, nut or pin.

226 Piece Stainless Tapping & Machine Screw Kit

Grab some of these kits for your shop or your boat - or both. You never know when you will need an odd screw, nut or pin.

Omer 81P Pneumatic Stapler

One of the required tools for Raptor 19 Gauge Composite Staples The 81P series pneumatic staplers drive RAPTOR® 19 gauge composite staples from 1/4" through 9/16". They are extremely fast, lightweight, well balanced and rugged. They are...

42 Piece Stainless Flat Head Tapping Screw Kit

Grab some of these kits for your shop or your boat - or both. You never know when you will need an odd screw, nut or pin.

Pintle & Gudgeon Fastener Kits

Stainless Steel Pintles and Gudgeons should always be bolted on. Period. We resisted trying to make kits for all the different pintle and gudgeon sets we sell because there are so many different lengths of bolts needed. Finally we figured out that we...

Seadog Stainless Steel Rings

Various sizes, Formed 304 Stainless Steel Part...

Flathead Silicon Bronze Wood Screws

Silicon Bronze is a fantastic material for boat fasteners. It will outlast even stainless steel in many conditions. Why do we offer Frearson head screws rather than square-drive (Robertson), slotted or Phillips? Well we think they're the best, the point...

Omer 18 Gauge Pneumatic Brad-Nailer

Recommended Tool for Raptor 18 Gauge Composite Brads The Omer 12P.25 Brad Nailer drives the full range of Raptor® B/18 18 gauge plastic brad nails from 7/16" (11mm) through 1" (25mm) lengths. The narrow nose allows for superior nail placement in hard...

Stainless Steel Washers

#10 through 3/4"

Omer 18 Gauge Pneumatic Brad Nailer

Recommended Tool for Raptor 18 Gauge Composite Brads The 12.20P brad nailer drives Raptor 18 gauge composite brads from 7/16" through 3/4" in length. Model OMER 12.20P Fastener range 7/16"; 5/8"; 3/4" (11; 16; 20mm) Magazine capacity 100...

Fluted, Threaded Knobs

Thru Hole Fluted, Threaded Knobs Rubber, Stainless insert These knobs have all sorts of uses for DIYers in general and boatbuilders in particular. The thread is either 1/4-20 or 3/8-16, and they both have stainless steel inserts. The smaller size fit...

Flat Head Stainless Steel Wood Screws

18-8 Stainless Steel Technically, these are sheet metal screws. Somehow we found out that if they are called that, they are much cheaper. Yes, there are differences between "sheet metal screws" and "wood screws" but those differences are minor. Call them...

Raptor 19 Gauge Composite Staples

(1/2" Crown - boxes of 5040) Raptor 19 gauge composite staples have a lot of uses around the boat shop. For instance securing scarphs on small timbers while the epoxy kicks. I was scarphing some staves for a birdsmouth mast when rather than use the usual...

Stainless Steel All Thread

Stainless Steel All ThreadVariously known as "Ready Rod", "Allthread", or "Threaded Rod", this stuff belongs in every boat builder's shop. Each rod is a box of assorted bolts as you can easily cut them to any length required with a hacksaw.18-8 Stainless...

Brass Wood Screws

Brass screws, while pretty, are not really suitable for boat construction. Galvanic action will reduce them to dust in a few years. So what are they doing here? Honestly, we got them specifically to go with the brass cleats that we sell so often to folks...

216 Piece Stainless Tapping Screw Kit

Grab some of these kits for your shop or your boat - or both. You never know when you will need an odd screw, nut or pin.

Manganese Bronze Rings

Die Cast Manganese Bronze.  Part Number A B SD-192027 3/16" 1-1/16" SD-192029 3/16" 1-1/8" SD-192038 1/4" 1-1/2" SD-192050 1/4" 2"   Tidmarsh Major sent us this picture of the horse he rigged on his Skat sailboat using one of...

Deckplate Machine Screw Fastener Kits

Stainless SteelThe kit you need will be determined by the thickness of the material that you are mounting to. For any material that is 3/8" (9mm) thick then we recommend 1" machine screws with nuts and washers. If the material is 1/4" (6mm) or less, we...

Raptor 18 Gauge Composite Brads

RAPTOR® nails are not susceptible to the corrosion and oxidation that attacks metal, so your manufactured product retains its beautiful new appearance. RAPTOR® nails and staples can be sanded and sawed without tool damage, so you will not need to...

Silicon Bronze Washers

#10 through 3/4" Washers should be used under nuts and bolt heads when a soft material such as wood is being tightened against.      

Potter Chainplates

These U-bolts are used for the chainplates on the Potter 15 and for the Baby Stay on the Potter 19

Silicone Bronze Threaded Rods

Silicon Bronze All ThreadVariously known as "Ready Rod", "Allthread", or "Threaded Rod", this stuff belongs in every boat builder's shop. Each rod is a box of assorted bolts as you can easily cut them to any length required with a hacksaw.Silicon Bronze...

Racelite Small Stainless Shackles

Stainless Steel  

Bags of Silicon Bronze Ring Shank Nails

Long a boat building staple, no pun intended, Silicon Bronze Ring Shank nails have always been expensive. So we are offering them individually here in case you don't need a Bag of 100 or worse yet a pound of the little guys. We can get other sizes so let...

Omer 15 Gauge Pneumatic Nailer

Recommended Tool for Raptor 15 Gauge Composite Nails The B17P.763 Finish Nailer drives RAPTOR® 15 gauge composite finish nails from 1/2" up to 2" lengths. It's magnesium body provides extreme power with an outstanding power-to-weight ratio...

Stainless Steel Pan Head Bolts

#10-24 and 1/4-20 Stainless Steel Machine Screws These are the most common sizes for the pintles and gudgeons that we sell. We are stocking only one length of each bolt size as they are often in need of trimming anyway and this keeps us from having to...

Stainless Steel 3/4" Nuts

stainless steel - 3/4" x 10

Well Nuts

Rubber and brass These are used primarily to attach items such as kayak footbraces and other pieces of hardware to plastic boats. They work by expanding behind the surface as shown in the photo below. First a hole is drilled, then the well nut is...