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Mike Israel
Guest
Certainly, the quality of welds can vary greatly.
Anyone who has used a MIG knows how an unskilled
welder can wind up doing little more than laying a
bead of slag that does not really penetrate the work
or else, at the other extreme, blows holes in the
metal. I suspect that the risk of shoddy workmanship
is much greater than the risk of getting a bad batch
of glue.
Attached is an example from a restoration currently
being done by one of the instructor's at McPherson
College. As he describes it,
"Here's some of the "craftsmanship" we're having to
overcome. This is the remains of the welded seam of
the replaced driver's quarter at the rear bulkhead.
To the left is the factory seam. Our clamp is on the
formally welded seam from the previous installer. To
the right of the clamp in the photo you can see an
additional weld that must repair a miscalculation on
somebody's cut line!"
I suppose that "better" will largely be determined by
the skill of the person doing the work. If you are
going to weld beyond a few tacks, make certain that
the person doing the work has the experience to do it
right.
Mike I.
--- Gord Souter <houseboats@encode.com> wrote:
> > I have cut off more Rusted and damaged panel that
> were welded(poorly)
> since I started restoring Amphi's than you can
> imagine.
> you should have seen the rust in a 4 year old
> retoration a customer brought
> to me last fall.
> GLUE< GLUE AND GLUE
> the only way to go now days
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Anyone who has used a MIG knows how an unskilled
welder can wind up doing little more than laying a
bead of slag that does not really penetrate the work
or else, at the other extreme, blows holes in the
metal. I suspect that the risk of shoddy workmanship
is much greater than the risk of getting a bad batch
of glue.
Attached is an example from a restoration currently
being done by one of the instructor's at McPherson
College. As he describes it,
"Here's some of the "craftsmanship" we're having to
overcome. This is the remains of the welded seam of
the replaced driver's quarter at the rear bulkhead.
To the left is the factory seam. Our clamp is on the
formally welded seam from the previous installer. To
the right of the clamp in the photo you can see an
additional weld that must repair a miscalculation on
somebody's cut line!"
I suppose that "better" will largely be determined by
the skill of the person doing the work. If you are
going to weld beyond a few tacks, make certain that
the person doing the work has the experience to do it
right.
Mike I.
--- Gord Souter <houseboats@encode.com> wrote:
> > I have cut off more Rusted and damaged panel that
> were welded(poorly)
> since I started restoring Amphi's than you can
> imagine.
> you should have seen the rust in a 4 year old
> retoration a customer brought
> to me last fall.
> GLUE< GLUE AND GLUE
> the only way to go now days
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Attachment: (image/pjpeg) leftquarterseam.jpg [not stored]