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You mean the top of the tank? Tanks can be made of copper, brass, aluminum, plastic. Solder is good for copper or brass. Solder, as in a combination of tin and lead (sometimes silver is used in the electronics industry as well).

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You weld Aluminium.

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I can weld aluminum, as a matter of fact. I can weld it with Heliarc & Wire Feed. Started out welding 6" aluminum I beams that were cut a 45 deg.s for road signs in Indiana. It welds almost as easy as steel except for 1 thing. You can't see the heat in aluminum when your running your puddle & crater. Can't see what's liquid / molten in the crater. If you don't have the right heat & speed set for the gun, all of a sudden it will drip, thus leaving a hole that you need to fill back up.

Did some ship welding in New Port News VA as well. Now that was welding. 6" plate with a bevel cut in it 3 or 4 decks down in the ship. You have bottled gas with burners going underneath the seam your welding so the weld doesn't end up brittle. Set there on a 5 gal. bucket running a bead, clean it & run another to the top of the plate. Do about 8 to 10 inches in a 8 hour shift & use better than 50 lbs. of rod. After your finished for the day the inspectors come on & x-ray the weld you put in. If it's bad they grinding it out & you get to weld the same place the next day. Couldn't take that job though. to hot, to far down in the bowels of the ship & no air it seemed to me.

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I've never done TIG. I can MIG aluminum, but I'd need practice with TIG. I'm really good at gas welding other metals so TIG should be hard to learn.

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It's not that hard to do. You'll get it with some practice. The biggest thing I can tell you is watch the puddle & crater like a hawk. Keep your tip moving a constant speed. That's about all there is to it. Oh & get a finer adjustment on the welder for heat & speed of the wire.

Darn aluminum is expensive to practice on. When I started they had such a big contract on those road signs so I did it for several months. Had I had to get my own aluminum to practice on, I would have never been able to learn.

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Buy aluminum scrap by the pound for whatever your scrapyard pays, and sell it for the same amount. The only large expense is the wire (MIG) or rod (TIG).

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Update: Wow thread grew...lots of good info. Will take it in later. Wanted to say that my senior friend was successful with pin straightening. Took about half a day. The fan/heatsink brackets were intact. He called me back to report and already had the cpu, fan/heatsink installed! I proceeded to walk him through his first boot. I was concerned because I had him hit the reset button on the monitor the first night. He didn't post/scan on the monitor. We thought it might have been the refurbed monitor. Also, he has a keyboard adapter that tended to be loose and I originally thought that this would be his only problem. Anyway, he plugged everything in and it came up disc(40) and no keyboard errors! He took a day to rest from it. He than called me back...ready for action. I walked him through reconnecting the floppy ribbon and again, checking that all connections were tight. We hung up and he called me back when he was ready to boot. He reported WIN 98 screen...SUCCESS! All that was left was to re-adjust the video drivers and monitor settings. I thought finding the drivers (the device adjustment) and explaining the monitor controls would be impossible. Didn't take as long as I expected. The worse part was that when he went to center the desktop in the screen...with the 4 arrows (in the video driver device setting)...he couldn't manage to make it move. It turned out that he was trying to drag the arrows instead of clicking on them. He still hasn't learned to master the mouse, yet. LOL...amazing! Anyway, I've installed puzzles and other simple games, along with shortcuts for other office applications on the desktop for mouse exercise. I also put his maintainence shortcuts on the desktop. I wrote him detailed instructions for navigation and when he advances a bit we'll connect to the net. I am so happy, even though we were far apart, we were able to get it working. My friend stays in good physical shape, is active and watches his diet. Still great to run around with. I wanted him to have the comp to help him avoid any possible old age dementia. We've been friends for 30+ years and I worry about anything happening to him. And finally, I must confess...as a younger woman...he got me started on and taught me mechanics. Oh! I thought Crashman's grease would be useful...he would only need it for one cpu...the rest will work as a skin emoillent..LOL!
Again ...thanks members (and "yes rcpilot" I find it's a good story too. I have been viewing my friends aging all wrong...he's been easier to work with than many of the younger folks I helped) He knows that I am posting his tech. ability at an online tech. site and enjoys the posts and replies (to those posts) that I relay to him. (Smile)...Ego intact!




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Crashman, you have one thrifty mind. I wouldn't have thought of that myself, but your absolutely right. I've gotten some thrifty tips from you over my time here. You never cease to amaze me, that's for sure.

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That's way cool for sure. I knew that he would get it going. Never count anybody out because of their age. He now knows more than probably 50% of people that own computers, maybe more. I'm sure using it will enhance his life.

I'm currently teaching my Mother that is 71 how to use a computer. She has had trouble with using the mouse also. She's getting over that a bit now. Now, I've got to take her to the next step. She has a computer embroidery machine. I'm teaching her how to download patterns off the web & then put them on a floppy to run in her sewing machine. She's getting on to it pretty well. The computer has enhanced her life, that's for sure.

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One of my friends was a glassier, they produced a lot of aluminum scrap building custom frames. I'm sure people who didn't know a scrap producer could find one if they looked hard enough. And there's scrap buyers in most cities.

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Sorry I havn't posted back sooner. Had some things to take care of and than started messing with REDHAT. I was glad to hear your mom is also learning. I will share that with my friend. I believe that mouse control will be the hardest part for both of them. A computer embroidery machine! Wow! Now there's an interesting project. Bet she learns fast. My guy likes fishing. I gave him that neat fish tank screensaver. He already learned how to use it and change the fish...without even looking at the instructions I sent for it. Anyway, it looks like they are both on their way. Wait till they see the folks they can meet online. I think that's one of the best things the computer gives them. Again, thanks for your help and thanks for adding your mom's story.

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Grub...I apologize...when reading and replying I failed to reply and thank you for your jokes and support. But now that I think of it maybe I should sign him up for a membership and get him a honorary high membership rating...say "OLD HAND"...LOL. I think he's earned it. :wink:

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