[Foot0069]

Great job! Man I love stainless, till I don't. Never ever Never put an impact on stainless hardware. They will gall up in a heartbeat. Anti seize is always a good idea. I have had them gall up even taking my time and being careful. For some reason the smaller hardware like that seems prone to making the curse words flow. When I've not been able to find a shouldered bolt in the past, a piece of stainless tubing cut to length has worked for me. They won't take a lot to crush but are fine for things like fenders with a nylock.

 

[Foot0069]

Little jobs love to argue, blast em.

 

[Foot0069]

Oh, a further quick note. Plastic welding kit turned up, and what an excellent job that has done. Came with metal gauze which I cut and bent to shape, to suit the inside of several cracked areas, and after melting it together to tack it, I positioned the gauze and melted it right into the plastic, and then smoothed it out on a lower heat. On the outside, I then did the same without gauze. I melted it on high to get some depth, and shuffled the plastic about, and then set it to low heat, to rework the surface to be nice and smooth once more.

Don't get me wrong, the outside appearance has been affected, but it's made a damned strong job of it, and the first sign of mud and you'll never see it.

what did your kit look like? I've been thinking about one for a while. As much as you like yours I'd like to try and find a comparable one.

 

[Foot0069]

Link below. Reviews were a bit all over the place, either died or worked well, but I figured easy enough to return if it doesn't work. Fortunately it did, and for long enough for me to finish the job. Now it will go in a drawer, for a long time, lol.

100W Plastic Welding Kit with Soldering Iron Tips, Fast Heating 2-in-1 Plastic Welder & Soldering Iron Gun, 2 Adjustable Speed with Indicator for DIY, Car Bumper, Dashboard, Kayak, Canoe Repair Tool : Amazon.co.uk: DIY & Tools

Shop 100W Plastic Welding Kit with Soldering Iron Tips, Fast Heating 2-in-1 Plastic Welder & Soldering Iron Gun, 2 Adjustable Speed with Indicator for DIY, Car Bumper, Dashboard, Kayak, Canoe Repair Tool. Free delivery on eligible orders of £20 or more.

www.amazon.co.uk

Cheers

Sutty

The ones I've been looking at have hot a air blower element to them. I wonder which is better? I like the strengthening of the mesh. And yours sure is less expensive for a drawer filler. Did you repair all the way through cracks with yours? Sounds as you did with both top and bottom repairs.

 

[Foot0069]

I forgot the reference. Yeah, no this one actually welds the plastic. It melts both sides of the cracks snd you add a filler rod to join.

1300 Watt Plastic Welding Kit with Air Motor and Temperature Adjustment

Amazing deals on this 1300W Plastic Welder Air Motor & Adj Temp at Harbor Freight. Quality tools & low prices.

www.harborfreight.com

 

[Foot0069]

A shop I once worked in had plastic welder like that. It was used to repair big plastic tanks. Did a great job. I'm liking the one you have more as I've a nice big soldering iron already and some stainless screen. Going to have to give it a try.