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Juan Navarro (Jnavarro)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 15, 2005 - 2:52 am: | |
To the plastics welding Gurus,
What is the general concensus on plastic welders? I need to repair some seat base plastic on my car and this is the justification i needed to go get a plastics welder. I would also like to use it mainly to fabricate new tanks for my 4104.
What welder should I be looking for?
Thanks,
Juan Navarro '53 PD4104 |
Pat Bartlett (Muddog16)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 15, 2005 - 6:56 am: | |
Juan, either ebay or harbor freight, they can run anywhere from 27-37 dollars. The item that makes the big difference in welding polypro, is using a screw on speed tip, Seeley Plastics I know has it, and the cost of this tip isn't cheap (around 70 dollars), but its worth its weight in gold! Seeley also sells polypro, that is stressed relieved and they sell the welding rods too! Good luck! Gumpydogs site has plenty of information on welding plus Seeleys number is there! |
Jerry Liebler (Jerry_liebler)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 15, 2005 - 7:58 am: | |
Juan
A temperature controlled soldering iron with a nice new clean tip is very useful for repairing cracks and important for tack welding new projects.
I prefer the Makita heat gun but with it you'll have to make an adapter for the screw on speed tips. My reason for prefering the heat gun is only one cord to deal with.
Regards
Jerry 4107 1120 |
Richard M
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - 2:14 am: | |
I must be old school because I just use a soldering iron and a chunk of matching plastic. |