Hay All,
Was curious if anyone has tried welding the pot metal the grill is made from. ?
Was curious if anyone has tried welding the pot metal the grill is made from. ?
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- Thread starter RedBeard
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No but I used JB weld and replaced one or two of the fins from another grille.
Painted it black on the back side and it's pretty hard to find which ones I did.
Painted it black on the back side and it's pretty hard to find which ones I did.
Yeah have thought about doing that. I have some grill pieces that I got out of a parts car and was going to check various setting on my welder what would work.
You can try it but I doubt it will work.
Maybe brazing or silver solder or something similar?
Maybe brazing or silver solder or something similar?
Dusty Dude
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threewood
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Will not work. Brazing, which I have tried, did not work. You need a low temp solder that is made for that stuff. Otherwise the base metal just evaporates. I got decent results from something called Muggyweld. Not the best. Pot metal sucks to work with.
K. Thanks. Yeah, not matter what setting I did, all I got was sparks and nothing being welded. Odd stuff.
sam dupont
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The metal make up of pot metal is different from piece to piece. Never tried welding it with aluminum MIG wire. I don't think it would work or I would have seen it done. Steel would never work, not for a permanent fix. Find a friend with a water cooled Miller.
The only sure way is to trim off enough material to make a rod and then TIG weld it. Then it can be chromed. Any other piece will be a different alloy, though in my opinion, still have a good chance of working. You make the rod by melting the trimmings and pouring them into an angle iron trough. The next best is to sacrifice one of the other pieces to make rod and that "should" work. With identical pieces, there is probably a good chance they came from the same pot.
My Dad made a pot metal weld for me when I was in High School. He was pretty proud of himself, so I plopped a piece of pot metal on top of some 1/2 inch plate and said: "weld that!" He ran a bead and I had a time breaking them apart.
The only sure way is to trim off enough material to make a rod and then TIG weld it. Then it can be chromed. Any other piece will be a different alloy, though in my opinion, still have a good chance of working. You make the rod by melting the trimmings and pouring them into an angle iron trough. The next best is to sacrifice one of the other pieces to make rod and that "should" work. With identical pieces, there is probably a good chance they came from the same pot.
My Dad made a pot metal weld for me when I was in High School. He was pretty proud of himself, so I plopped a piece of pot metal on top of some 1/2 inch plate and said: "weld that!" He ran a bead and I had a time breaking them apart.
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