Elevator Counterweights Screwup
- Womack2005
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Elevator Counterweights Screwup
OK, so I screwed up one of the counterweights big time. I drilled the first hole for the radius in the wrong spot. DUH!!
I am thinking of pouring new lead in the hole and starting over but am unsure of how well the new lead will stick to the original lead.
What do yall think?
I am thinking of pouring new lead in the hole and starting over but am unsure of how well the new lead will stick to the original lead.
What do yall think?
Will
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I doubt that it will "stick," but since I haven't gotten that far, I don't know how important it is that it sticks. In machining, if you put a hole in the wrong place, the piece usually goes to the scrap barrel. Sometimes you can get away with press fitting a plug in something non-structural, but that's precision machining, not foundry work.
I spend most of my time across the hall from the machine shop, soldering. Solder is a mixture of tin and lead, and a lot of people have the idea that it's sort of like hot melt glue. It isn't. The solder has to bond the parts at the molecular level, and to do that, the parts have to be hot. What you propose is filling a stone-cold hole with molten lead. There's no reason I can see for it to bond.
Now, having said that, I've learned from vast experience that I'm often just plain wrong about things, so I'm perfectly happy to be corrected on this one, too.
I spend most of my time across the hall from the machine shop, soldering. Solder is a mixture of tin and lead, and a lot of people have the idea that it's sort of like hot melt glue. It isn't. The solder has to bond the parts at the molecular level, and to do that, the parts have to be hot. What you propose is filling a stone-cold hole with molten lead. There's no reason I can see for it to bond.
Now, having said that, I've learned from vast experience that I'm often just plain wrong about things, so I'm perfectly happy to be corrected on this one, too.
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- Womack2005
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Another possibility, if you're gonna pour in the molten lead: First drill a couple of 3/16" or so holes that intersect the big hole at right angles. That'll sort of lock in the "plug" mechanically, because it will have a couple of integral "sticks" holding in into the part. Maybe ask your lead guy at work whether that's advisable, but I think it would help.
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- Womack2005
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John, it was great to meet you and Luke. Denise is excited about flying over your way sometime soon. Should be fun.
As for the left counterweight: I filled the hole with lead but it did NOT fuse to the surounding material. I removed it as a perfect cylinder, scored it, and then prosealed it back in. It isn't going anywhere Problem solved.
As for the left counterweight: I filled the hole with lead but it did NOT fuse to the surounding material. I removed it as a perfect cylinder, scored it, and then prosealed it back in. It isn't going anywhere Problem solved.
Will
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