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Moschops

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Dent filling?????
« on: May 21, 2009, 10:42 PM »
Hi Guys 'n' Girls,

I've had a Crupi frame in storage for a while I dug it out the other day to be presented with a nice dent in the top tube  :tickedoff:

Super bike Dan tells me you cant powder coat normal body filler as it boils in the baking room.

So the frame needs to be welded and ground down  >:(

Does anyone know of anyone who can do ally welding???? :daumenhoch:

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Re: Dent filling?????
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2009, 10:46 PM »
give a very nice gentleman on here called Sawzall a PM......he's the nuts at stuff like that  :daumenhoch:

aditup 2234

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Re: Dent filling?????
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2009, 10:52 PM »
Fill with braze, then file down again back to the original contour.
Not weld, the process is to unforgiving, unlike brazing which does not "pull" whilst cooling.
Ad  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Dent filling?????
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2009, 10:56 PM »
Fill with braze, then file down again back to the original contour.
Not weld, the process is to unforgiving, unlike brazing which does not "pull" whilst cooling.
Ad  :daumenhoch:

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For powder coating drop me a pm

Moschops

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Re: Dent filling?????
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2009, 10:57 PM »
Can you braze Ally then???

Forgive my ignorance, I did a little metal work at skool but that was a while ago.

buzzlightyear05

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Re: Dent filling?????
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2009, 10:59 PM »
What temp do the ovens run at dan??

aditup 2234

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Re: Dent filling?????
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2009, 11:07 PM »
Can you braze Ally then???

Forgive my ignorance, I did a little metal work at skool but that was a while ago.

Not sure, but I dont think the alloys will "mix" or "take"
And there is an issue as to which has the highest melting point?
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Re: Dent filling?????
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2009, 11:12 PM »
What temp do the ovens run at dan??

i bake most of my powder at 180c but some are 200c :)
For powder coating drop me a pm

buzzlightyear05

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Re: Dent filling?????
« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2009, 11:14 PM »
Thats milliput out of the window then lol. Ive got a set of bars and they have had a few dents filled with milliput thats all.

Moschops

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Re: Dent filling?????
« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2009, 11:15 PM »
Can you braze Ally then???

Forgive my ignorance, I did a little metal work at skool but that was a while ago.

Not sure, but I dont think the alloys will "mix" or "take"
And there is an issue as to which has the highest melting point?
Ad

Yeah that was my thought.

I think an ally frame needs to be filled with ally.

Braze takes to steel like a duck to water, but I think the ally would melt before the braze.

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Re: Dent filling?????
« Reply #10 on: May 21, 2009, 11:15 PM »
Can you braze Ally then???

Forgive my ignorance, I did a little metal work at skool but that was a while ago.

ally should be filled with ally weld not brazing :)
For powder coating drop me a pm

Moschops

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Re: Dent filling?????
« Reply #11 on: May 21, 2009, 11:19 PM »
Ok so the question is who on here can weld ally? ???

It's a bit of an art form i'm told, very hard to work with. just my luck.

Looks like I'll be playing with the P38 and some spray cans, sorry Dan :(

That will bring back the memories of my first car  :LolLolLolLol:

rhino_mac

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Re: Dent filling?????
« Reply #12 on: May 21, 2009, 11:23 PM »
Moschops, PM Phil (Sawzall) as somebody suggested. Lovely guy and a genius looking at previous threads with his work.

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Re: Dent filling?????
« Reply #13 on: May 22, 2009, 12:01 AM »
Or maybe give this stuff a try... I haven't used it myself but the manufacturer claims it's suitable for powdercoating  :daumenhoch:

http://www.lab-metal.co.uk/?page=uses

John

Moschops

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Re: Dent filling?????
« Reply #14 on: May 22, 2009, 06:42 AM »
I've PMed Sawzall thanks guys.

Moschops

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Re: Dent filling?????
« Reply #15 on: May 22, 2009, 06:46 AM »
Or maybe give this stuff a try... I haven't used it myself but the manufacturer claims it's suitable for powdercoating  :daumenhoch:

http://www.lab-metal.co.uk/?page=uses

John

That looks like just the ticket  :daumenhoch:

Dan: do you think this stuff would be ok during the paint stripping process? I will have cleared paint around the dented area so there should be no need to actualy treat it directly.

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Re: Dent filling?????
« Reply #16 on: May 22, 2009, 10:57 PM »
If you have no joy, give me a shout. Think our Snap-On guy does ally welding.
Gary

Moschops

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Re: Dent filling?????
« Reply #17 on: May 23, 2009, 10:10 AM »
Looks like this stuff is a goer.

will take 205 degrees for 20 mins so can be powdered :daumenhoch:

I will order stuff and give it a go, I'll take some pics during the process.

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