Gamble97
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- Jan 3, 2006
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small town,
Illinois
Someone locally wanted a water pump plug welded for a lemons car he is building and he is using an inline water pump. He is a machinist and made a few plugs and asked me to weld these in for him. So before he came over I heated up the powder coating oven to 400 and when he got there I let it bake for 10minutes, took it out and wire brushed it for a bit, turned off the oven and threw it back in there. It probably got down to 300* or so and I let it sit in there for 30-45minutes. Got side tracked chasing my 2 year old around.
Took it out and wire brushed it again. Had to wait for it to cool so the acetone wouldn't just evaporate. Went around the area with 3/32 red, 15cfh, and 100amps and no filler. Then wire brush again. Then did the weld and used filler.
I forgot to take a pic so I asked the guy to send me a pic and this is what he took of before and after.
What would you guys charge for this? I charged him $80
Took it out and wire brushed it again. Had to wait for it to cool so the acetone wouldn't just evaporate. Went around the area with 3/32 red, 15cfh, and 100amps and no filler. Then wire brush again. Then did the weld and used filler.
I forgot to take a pic so I asked the guy to send me a pic and this is what he took of before and after.
What would you guys charge for this? I charged him $80