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I cut a couple of circles from 12mm aluminium plate, on the second circle the tool worked loose from the chuck and took out a chunk from the edge.
I thought I would be clever and make some reinforced filler from high strength araldite and aluminium fillings and shavings and pack out the missing area.
I gave it 24 hours to set and filed it to shape.
Not too bad even if I do say so myself.
and then it hit me.
Why on earth didnt I use the rod of low melting point aluminium solder to build up the missing section?
That would be stronger and also less noticable.
Doh!
I thought I would be clever and make some reinforced filler from high strength araldite and aluminium fillings and shavings and pack out the missing area.
I gave it 24 hours to set and filed it to shape.
Not too bad even if I do say so myself.
and then it hit me.
Why on earth didnt I use the rod of low melting point aluminium solder to build up the missing section?
That would be stronger and also less noticable.
Doh!