My first thought is, why not two passes? A tight, close pass with 1/16 filler to establish a full-pen root, then a cap pass to achieve the fill required. It'd take a little more time, unless you consider the rework time. (Never time to do it right--Always time to do it over ;) ) Steve Do you think ...

Did some test pieces today on some 1.25" x .120 wall DOM. I have welded quite a bit of it before but I am trying to dial in my technique as tube structures are always in odd positions. You can see that I don't have 100% penatration on either tube. In the past I have found out that when I do com...

The cure you probably applied will have minimal affect on your concrete wear unless it was a densifying type that actually penatrates the concrete surface and makes it harder and more resistant to abrasion. Also the type of finsh that was put on the concrete makes a difference. Floors that are burni...

I don't want to bond the two together, I just basically want to fill the pocket with the AlBr to create the seat. I guess I will give it a try tomorrow since my rods just got here from the UPS truck.

New to the forumn but reader of the site for quite awhile. Great stuff. Here's my problem to solve. I have a cast aluminum head the was originally fitted with bronze seats. In it previous life before I aquired it the bronze seats had been removed and hardened seats put back in. Because of the design...