I see. That’s good cause we have a Home Depot not but about 15 miles from me. Chuck
From: the smiths Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 4:26 PM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [VFB] boat cracks Its called an AL3 rod Home Depot sells them for around $3.00 a pack and you need a propane tourch nothing hotter they melt ar 750 degrees. Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: Chuck Alexander To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 5:23 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] boat cracks Gary: I’m going to check those out, because it’s been yrs since I did anything like that as a welder, and when I did, the Propane alone wasn’t hot enough (specially since aluminum conducts heat away from the torch’s flame sooo fast, that you had to have a brazing rod, which took Oxy Acetyline like I said before to get them to melt and hold tight. Thanks, Chuck From: the smiths Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 2:27 PM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] boat cracks a propane tourch and an aluminum rod made special for doing this type of repair is the way to go. you can even weld coke cans together wothout burning a hole in them. My old canoe has several holes repaired this way from being run agound on sharp rocks. Very easy to use. Gary S -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.