Need to fix this, any recommendations preferably in Melbourne
Raf
karmannghia60 Karmann Ghia Sucker
1,459 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Need an Aluminum welder
1500S Custom Title Time!
1,418 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·
Looks like a job for "Lumiweld". Works great on thin aluminium. Ask around engineering supplies or go to any of the camping shows. Usually a guy at those demonstrating it's use and has supplies.
DH
DH
13bwagon Officially Full-On Dubber
316 posts · joined Nov 2006 ·
um buy a new one 😀 (sorry)
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helbus Administrator Mad fabricator, paint and body
7,386 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·
Hmmm. I do a lot of aluminium welding of corroded aluminium panels at work, and the first thing is that corroded aluminium doesn't weld. You have to cut back to clean parent metal, and in that situation, there may not be any. You just have to imagine that the corrosion eats from the inside out. Anywhere there is a hole is 100% corroded. There will be many other spots already 99% corroded from the inside, just about to break through. They will be near the holes you see now, and they cannot be welded.
HappyDaze Superannuated
2,887 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·
I agree with helbus - that is beyond welding. If you can't obtain another (good) one, you could look around for a bit of aluminium tube that dia. and cut it to length. Machine the base and top to fit tube, clean all three bits thoroughly, and get someone good to weld them together. This would be expensive - can you an alternative container?
Cheers, Greg
Cheers, Greg
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karmannghia60 Karmann Ghia Sucker
1,459 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Not available new. I can get a plastic one but not really what I want
Cheers
Cheers
byronmcmanus59 Seriously Crusin Dubber
199 posts · joined Apr 2008 ·
Could easily get one made, around a $100 though..
empi Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber
4,131 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
There is a business next door to dandy volks who does things like that Raf , owner is a vw nut too.
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