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Can anyone help me out with there thought on welding a 3 inch puncture on a 5 gallon metal gas can. What I could do to weld it fixed. After it is thoroughly cleaned out of course. Can I grind it a tig weld it? Any advise is appreciated thank you.
You could solder it, that's probably how the can is made if it's very old. If you tig on it you'll get it too hot and the can's joints may get hot enough to flow the solder. Soup cans used to work well as a patch for this kind of repair because they were made out of tin. I'm not sure what cans are made of these days, you'd probably have to experiment to find a patch material.
Lincoln Square Wave 200
Lincoln 225 AC/DC
Harris Oxy/Acetylene torch
Lincoln 225 AC/DC
Harris Oxy/Acetylene torch
I once new an old guy who went to weld on an old water tank. Turns out 20 Year’s before it was a fuel tank. Was the last mistake he made! He’d done work on lots of old fuel tanks. That one was no big deal. It was a closed casket.
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Hose,car exhaust(carbon monoxide)(its inert)Let it run
Works for me.
Works for me.
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Miller 250 syncrowave
Sharp LMV Vertical Mill
Takisawa TSL-800-D Lathe
Coupla Bandsaws,Grinders,surface grinder,tool/cutter grinder
and more stuff than I deserve(Thanks Significant Other)
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