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Re: Crack of Doom

To: Rick Jennings <ahhclem@kcnet.com>
Subject: Re: Crack of Doom
From: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 00:26:36 -0400
Rick Jennings wrote:
> 
> Can anyone explain what needs to be done to repair the crack. What is the
> fix to keep it from happening again once fixed? 

  What I did was to put a plate of steel behind the crack. I drilled
a half dozen holes in the doorskin on both sides of the crack, and
plug welded through them to attach the plate.

  Then weld up the crack, also welding it to the plate in the process.

  The welded up crack will hold, because the plate takes the
"design defect" stress off the area.

-- 
Trevor Boicey, Ottawa, Canada.
tboicey@brit.ca, http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/

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