Jb weld? Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 5, 2015, at 3:44 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I got myself into a project that I should have walked away from but since I > am into it, I am not giving it up. > I did offer it up for sale or trade but no one came looking so maybe they > were smarter than me. Time will tell. > I bought, for little money, an antique woodworking multi-machine. It had a > 12" table saw intending mostly for ripping, an 8" jointer and a 22" band saw > in one machine. > It is old enough to be flat belt so pretty old. > I decided that the band saw was the only desirable part so I dismantled it to > the point where I have only the band saw left on the frame. > I then wanted to cut the frame down to a smaller size. If my memory is > reasonably accurate, the frame will end up about 24" square. > The frame has 2 cast end frames and pipes that join the two ends. The pipes > go through holes in the end frames. They are held in place by set screws in > the end frames and by lead melted in to the frame to fill any voids around > the pipe. > I melted the lead out of the holes on the one frame with a propane torch so > that I could remove the one end frame. Then cut the pipes down by a foot or > more to make a more compact frame unit. > There are 4 pipes through the end frame sides and 2 angle iron pieces on the > top. > My issue now, is that I want to refill the voids with melted lead. > I tipped the unit on end so that the parts I wanted to melt into were down. > I clamped a piece of plywood on the end of the one spot and melted solder > into the gap between the pipe and the frame. Not a large gap. Probably 1/8th > at the widest. > Unfortunately, it did not work out well. I need some means of plugging the > end better. The plywood did not fit tight to the pipe end - only to the frame > end. The solder went into the end of the pipe and when it had burned the > plywood enough to make a hole, flowed out. I ended up with a bit of a lead > plug that fell out of the end of the pipe when I removed the plywood. > I can use a piece of steel in place of the plywood so that it will not burn > through but I need some means of plugging the end of the pipe so that the > solder will just fill the void around the pipe. > > Any great ideas? > Muffler cement?? > > RB > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
