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

[J. Forster]

If the radio were painted black, that looks like a neat idea, but
reproducing the surface finish would be ver hard, I think.

-John

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