[ARC5] Repair Aluminum - BC-696-A Possibility? And TCS

[John Hutchins]

J, -all
Wanted to add this to the list:
http://www.muggyweld.com/5clip5.html

Hutch

On 4/29/2010 5:44 AM, John Hutchins wrote:
>
> J, All -
> Any on try Dixie Sticks  to fill the hole?
> Anyone Can Repair Aluminum and Cast Quickly and Easily with HTS-2000 
> Brazing Rods:
> http://www.aluminumrepair.com/index.asp
>
> -Hutch
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>
> On 4/27/2010 9:16 PM, Mike Hanz wrote:
>> Sad, but unfortunately all too common.  It is particularly distressing
>> when it occurs in a bare aluminum set.  There is simply no way of
>> recovering from the holes, except with a front panel transplant, and
>> that requires re-riveting a new panel to the front of the transmitter.
>> For an exceptional artifact, it's perhaps worth it, but not generally
>> for the bare aluminum 274Ns - there were simply too many of them.  Keep
>> it for a century and the situation may change... :-)
>>
>> On 4/27/2010 7:12 PM, J. Forster wrote:
>>> Well, I have the insulators from parts donor units, but the 4 extra
>>> mounting holes have destroyed a near museum piece.
>>>
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