Well not exactly, but finally got the new (for me) slightly used snow shoes finished. While the problem with the first shoe was grinding off the old rivets to replace the front decking, the reassembly went fine. The second one was the opposite, the old rivets came off easy and new ones went in, well not so much.
Here's the finished snow shoes. The pile of scrap in the middle of the bench are the wasted rivets; it took maybe two dozen rivets to fasten the ten holes. For some reaosn, the head wouldn't expand sufficiently to hold the washer on the bottom of the shoe. I did the first few just by holding them in place by hand, then used C-clamps, and finally vise grips. Not sure why they didn't expand enough. Anyway, the shoes are done now and I'll try'em out tomorrow.
I did get a new pair of boots last month and here I'm trying them out on Jack Black. While most of our earlier cats, like Ruty, loved to get their belly rubs, Jack usually takes offense and can attack with claws and teeth. No cats or boots were harmed in this exercise.
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