Scotchweld is a pretty good room temperature cure structural adhesive...I call it out a lot in repairs. If you use that I would recommend proseal along the fillets. On Oct 27, 2013 9:10 PM, <melder at mbfab.com> wrote:
> I think you should stick to rivets. There is a bit of a learning curve in > the magical molten joinery of aluminum - be it running a bead with a TIG > welder, or spot welding? I?m guessing since you didn?t know you could do > it, you don?t have much experience with it. > > > Not a knock on the creativity, but it?s probably better to stick with > rivets and pro-seal (proven, and easy to manage). If you still want to > learn the ?magical arts?, so be it, but do it on something that isn?t going > to aggravate you when it leaks. > > > Err, and not to start a war, but there are people that say that pro-seal > is a pain to use and is messy. I contend that it?s no worse than epoxy in > general and if you can wipe your nose without getting it all over your > hand, you will do fine with pro-seal or it?s counterparts. ? > > > Matt > > > > > > > Sent from Windows Mail > > > > > > From: Craig Williams > Sent: ?Sunday?, ?October? ?27?, ?2013 ?20?:?20 > To: KRNet > > > > > > So I'm sitting around dreaming of flying my plane someday and > contemplating my stub wing tanks. The outer wing tanks are welded > aluminum and that was fine but a bit pricey. My mains are .032 aluminum > sheet and I got to thinking how hard it was going to be to weld such thin > sheet. Poking around the internet I found that in fact you can spot weld > thin aluminum sheet (see video) and as luck would have it I have a new > 220V spot welder sitting on the shelf. My plan is to use this technique > to spot weld my tanks together and seal the seams with Pro-Seal. Anyone > heard of spot welding fuel tanks or aircraft skins? > > > http://youtu.be/gcgC3V3mkcw > > Craig > www.kr2seafury.com > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options >
