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1. 03:19 AM - Re: HDPE fuel tanks (kmccune)
2. 04:05 AM - Re: HDPE fuel tanks (stepinwolf)
3. 05:13 AM - Re: HDPE fuel tanks (bcchurch)
4. 06:25 AM - Re: My Airport (ashontz)
5. 10:11 AM - Re: HDPE fuel tanks (kmccune)
6. 05:58 PM - Re: Wind up my skirt (Coloradodan)
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| Subject: | Re: HDPE fuel tanks |
Someone, I forgot who( sorry it was you) contacted me off list. They suggested
going to the KR list and looking for some aluminum welding rod, that they are
pretty excited about. It seems to be some type of brazing rod, but suppose to
be stronger then the parent material. Tell me what you think.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=44810
Kevin
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Discover.
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| Subject: | Re: HDPE fuel tanks |
Keven,
Over the years you could not attend a vintage car show without some snake oil salesman,
peddling these aluminum rods. They are meant to be used with a propane
torch, and can't weld, but only braze, very thin metal together. I have seen
the sellers countless times, punch a small hole in a soda can, and then proceed
to plug the hole with a propane torch using these rods.
In the past I have purchased them from at least three different sellers, and try
as I might, I was never able to fill any holes, or join anything together for
that matter. I still have a whole slue of them on the shelf, and can't take
it upon myself to throw them out. Anyone interested can have a few of them
for the cost to ship.
I gave up trying to weld/braze on a shoe string budget, and have recently purchased
a Tig welder.
Robert
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| Subject: | Re: HDPE fuel tanks |
Took a quick look at the Durafix web site that Kevin mentioned. I didn't see anything
on composition but based the listed melting point and specific gravity
numbers they list (732 F, 6.7 g/cm3) I'd say this stuff if an alloy of 94% Zn
and 6% Al. They say it's corrosion resistant but if I'm right about the composition
then I'd expect that a fuel tank or something similar made from this would
be susceptible to localized corrosion at the joint since the "weld" alloy
would be highly sacrificial to the base aluminum.
Just a guess.
- Ben
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Ben Church
CH801
Racine, WI
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Love it. It's my wallpaper now too.
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Andy Shontz
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CH601XL - Corvair
www.mykitlog.com/ashontz
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| Subject: | Re: HDPE fuel tanks |
Thanks that was my take on them too.
Kevin
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Mark Twain: Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that
you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail
away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
Discover.
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| Subject: | Re: Wind up my skirt |
It's an 801.
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28 hours of FLIGHT time.
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