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| 491.1 | Aluminum welding might do it | SENIOR::HAMBURGER | Life is a Do_It_Yourself project! | Tue Aug 11 1992 14:08 | 13 |
| -< Seal Breach on Presto Pressure Cooker >-
>I have a Presto all-aluminum pressure cooker. One of my kids, while>
>Can the cooker even be repaired?
I believe it is possible to weld aluminum, although it is a specialty
job and not every welder can do the work. You might want to have a "lump"
of aluminum welded into the nick and then ground down to match the
surrounding surface. A little polishing with the proper compounds and
buffing wheels should make it hard if not impossible to spot.
Vic H
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| 491.2 | | RAMBLR::MORONEY | Is the electric chair UL approved? | Tue Aug 11 1992 15:20 | 5 |
| If you can find someone with the proper tools it may be possible to grind down
the whole edge so it is smooth again. The whole edge must be ground the same
amount not just the bad spot else it will be made worse.
-Mike
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| 491.3 | | VERGA::WELLCOME | Steve Wellcome PKO3-1/D30 | Tue Aug 11 1992 17:00 | 10 |
| If you grind down the whole surface, there may no longer be enough
gasket compression to seal, either. I think your best bet is the
idea of getting a welder who knows hows to handle aluminum to fill
the hole, then grind it smooth. You could do final smoothing with
some fine sandpaper on a flat block.
I assume you've already filed/sanded off any raised bump around the
nick; if not, that may be what is causing the leak, not the nick
itself...or does the nick go completely across the sealing area?
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| 491.4 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Tue Aug 11 1992 17:17 | 2 |
| Can you really get a welder to do this for significantly less than a new
one would cost?
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| 491.5 | Buzzz, Buzz...grind,grind....sand,sand...Done! | WFOV11::KOEHLER | Missing Car #3,Call 1-800-LAP DOWN | Wed Aug 12 1992 10:34 | 5 |
| re all
Yes, a good welder can repair it for a reasonable fee. Where are you
located?
Jim
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| 491.6 | | CXDOCS::COCKERHAM | | Wed Aug 12 1992 14:44 | 10 |
| > Yes, a good welder can repair it for a reasonable fee. Where are you
> located?
Colorado Springs.
Thanks to all for the responses. Now the trick is finding a welder
who does aluminum.
Tim
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| 491.7 | Heliarc | XK120::SHURSKY | What's the "reorg du jour". | Wed Aug 12 1992 16:31 | 3 |
| Look in the yellow pages for welders who do Heliarc welding.
Stan
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| 491.8 | Please let us know | KAYAK::GROSSO | Prevent & Prepare or Repent & Repair | Mon Aug 17 1992 12:09 | 4 |
| I really want to hear how this one turns out. I tried to get two pieces of
1 inch aluminum tubing welded and anybody I could get to talk to me wanted
$20 just to fire up their torch. At that price, get a new cooker and you've
already got a spare lid and gasket. ;-(
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| 491.9 | | CXDOCS::COCKERHAM | | Mon Aug 17 1992 14:33 | 12 |
| RE:<<< Note 4711.8 by KAYAK::GROSSO "Prevent & Prepare or Repent & Repair" >>>
>I really want to hear how this one turns out.
You betcha!! I was planning to respond anyway. I did find a welder here
in Colorado Springs who does do aluminum work. Over the phone, after
explaining the problem, he quoted me a price of $10 to $15 dollars and said
he can probably do it while I wait. I'll keep you posted.
Tim
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| 491.10 | | CXDOCS::COCKERHAM | | Wed Aug 19 1992 15:57 | 17 |
| Took my pressure cooker to a place here in the Springs called ANOCONA. Kind
of a ratty looking place, but then again, sometimes it is the ratty looking
places that have very competent people, like where I've had my wife's
Escort worked on. Clean and pristine don't mean a thing if the people
inside don't know their gig.
Picked it up last night and the pot looked real good, smooth and even like
it was never even damaged. Cost me $8.00. The welder's biggest concern
when he was looking at the pot was the size of the lip and whether or not
it would collapse or retain its shape without warping while it was being
repaired. Obviously, there was no problem.
I am happy (except about shelling out $8.00 because somebody wasn't careful).
Life in the big city.
Tim
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| 491.11 | | MANTHN::EDD | Nimis capsicum | Wed Aug 19 1992 16:18 | 3 |
| Doncha love it when someone charges you a fair price for good work?
Edd
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| 491.12 | | WFOV11::KOEHLER | missing #4,call 1-800-BLO-WMUP | Mon Aug 24 1992 13:10 | 3 |
| Amen.....
The Mad Weldor...Jim
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