[TheForge] repairing sheet metal

[Dan Brewer]

And the repair that will last until you throw the dam thing away is to
drill the end of the tear and use metal tape.  Since this is meant to be a
temporary repair it will last forever.  This is in the Red Green school of
repairs.

Dan in Auburn

On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 10:11 AM, Bruce . <freemab222 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Terry,
> Do you want it to outlive you, or could you deal with outliving it (again)?
> If the latter, I vote for duct tape!
> Drill the hole at the end of the tear anyway.  Standard
> precaution/preventative.
>
> Bruce
> NJ
>
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 12:51 PM, Ron Childers <ron at munlaw.net> wrote:
>
> > Be sure to coat both sides with a rust preventive primer and paint
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: TheForge [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
> > Charles
> > Sent: Friday, November 18, 2016 12:34 PM
> > To: terry l. ridder <terrylr at blauedonau.com>; Blacksmithing List
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> > Subject: Re: [TheForge] repairing sheet metal
> >
> > Gas welding generally results in a softer more pliable sheet.  I gas weld
> > autobody panels that I am going to have to do hammer and dolly work on
> for
> > this reason. Charles
> >
> >
> >       From: terry l. ridder <terrylr at blauedonau.com>
> >  To: theforge e-mail list <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> >  Sent: Friday, November 18, 2016 11:29 AM
> >  Subject: [TheForge] repairing sheet metal
> >
> > hello
> >
> > I have an old generator with a propane fueled engine.
> > The blower housing sheet metal has torn. the generator now makes all
> kinds
> > of noise with the blower housing rattling constantly.
> >
> > There are no repair parts available for the engine given its age.
> > Only 20 years old but they claim that that is too old.
> >
> >
> >
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