Well said but added emphasis anything else is cobbing.
Dayton
>From: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
>Reply-To: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
>To: LT <llst@telus.net>
>CC: Spitfires Digest <spitfires-digest@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: Welding Spit body panels
>Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 01:16:37 -0400
>
>LT wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone tried the epoxy method of joining panels? I have been told
> > twice in the last week that this is better/stronger than welding.
>
> I have never heard anybody who has welded say ANYTHING is better
>than welding. Frankly, it just really isn't possible IMHO, welding
>is the natural technique for joining metal.
>
> As a lovely side bonus, welding is also fast and easy once you
>learn the ropes. It's rare and wonderful that the best solution
>is also the easiest and fastest solution.
>
> ...actually, aside from initial expenses from buying the
>welder and safety gear, welding is also the cheapest way
>to join metal. Based on how seldom I have to replace my gas
>bottle (two bottles does a complete car) and my wire
>spool. (one 10kg spool does a yard full of cars) it probably
>works out to pennies per foot. Cheaper than any kind of
>glue and certainly cheaper than any kind of rivets.
>
> From my experience, and tainted with my skepticism, anybody who
>has found a better way of attaching things than welding usually
>can't afford a welder or is just generally scared off by
>the whole process and just WANTS to beleive so badly that they
>can avoid welding that they find themselves doing so.
>
>--
>Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
>Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
>ICQ #17432933 http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
>A tax is the best form of offense.
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