Drill Press Pulley Repair

f350ca said:
I have to repair the bottom seam on an aluminum pontoon boat. Using this or a similar product has crossed my mind. Does it wick like lead solder? I need to do this repair from underneath.
The one company's add showed them repairing a boat but it was flipped upside down.

Greg
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I fixed an aluminum row boat that was flipped upside down. That was 4 years ago and it needs done again as the repair fell out. This time i am going to MIG weld it...Bob
 
Nice looking repair. I'm sure it will last a long time.

I have my own tig setup so I have never taken anything in to a welding shop for repair, but it seems sometimes you could just pay the man with the gear to weld it. I totally understand wanting to do it yourself, thats why I have the tig. I wonder what they would charge for a quick weld on a clean, portable part like that. Anyone?
 
Warrenator said:
Nice looking repair. I'm sure it will last a long time.

I have my own tig setup so I have never taken anything in to a welding shop for repair, but it seems sometimes you could just pay the man with the gear to weld it. I totally understand wanting to do it yourself, thats why I have the tig. I wonder what they would charge for a quick weld on a clean, portable part like that. Anyone?
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The problem with welding it is it may not be aluminum but some pot metal mess. And maybe the guy didn't have the chunk to put back in. But with a mig and if it was a nice weldable grade of aluminum that would be an easy fix even without the chunk. It would be done the same way welding it over a clean piece of steel and dressed up on a lathe. 20 bucks i would do it for just for reference...Bob
 
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