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mmmPeanutButter:

I've got a hacked up metal cp.  I have purchased another piece of metal which I will be affixing to the top to create my new control panel surface.  I would like to add threaded studs (is that what they're called?) to the underside to hold the joysticks. 

Do I have to get it welded, or is there some alternative?

If you know of alternatives, then photos would be nice.

Thanks...

locash:

You might want to try JB Weld: http://jbweld.net/index.php

Its a "cold weld" product, i.e. an adhesive for metals.


Stingray:

If you don't have access to a welder, JB Weld will probably do the trick. That stuff is hard as nails after it fully cures. It's always a good idea to rough up both surface to get a good bond.

-S

JThw8:

hmmm...I personally cant see JBWeld holding up to it.  Its some good stuff but adhereing to a flat surface like that with such a small contact area I just dont see it being very strong.  Not to mention trying to figure out how to hold all the studs in place while the stuff drys.  I would try a test, JBWeld a bolt to a spare piece of metal or the old CP, Once it cures bang on it a bit and see if it doesnt pop off.  I could be wrong on this one, and the stuff does hold good, its just the relatively small contact area and the fact that they will be subjected to side forces that makes me dubious.

You didnt say where you are located, perhaps someone here is near you with some welding skills (ie, if you are in NJ PM me and I can weld it for you)

You could braze it also which is somewhere between soldering and welding on the strength scale, but again you would need someone who could do it.  Check out local radiator shops, they usually have brazing equipment and might do it cheap.

mmmPeanutButter:


--- Quote from: JThw8 on December 08, 2004, 02:07:54 pm ---You didnt say where you are located, perhaps someone here is near you with some welding skills (ie, if you are in NJ PM me and I can weld it for you)

--- End quote ---

Where in Jersey are you???  Northern?

(I'm in toronto, but I'm going to Jersey for a week at the end of the month.)

If anybody is feeling generous with their welding skills in Toronto... let me know.

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