Mud
Diamond
- Joined
- May 20, 2002
- Location
- South Central PA
A customer brought me this antique bumper car grill to repair.
I plan to mill a new center bar and weld it in place. I also want to repair the other bars which appear to be bent in use. I've always considered cast aluminum to be not bendable, but if I warm it up a bit, could I push them back into their original position or close to it? The alternative would be to just weld beads of aluminum on the edges and fill the rest with body filler, which I consider a kludge. Has anyone here done this successfully?
I guess the age to be 1940s, no idea on alloy of course.
I'm open to any and all knowledgeable suggestions, including barroom BS.
I plan to mill a new center bar and weld it in place. I also want to repair the other bars which appear to be bent in use. I've always considered cast aluminum to be not bendable, but if I warm it up a bit, could I push them back into their original position or close to it? The alternative would be to just weld beads of aluminum on the edges and fill the rest with body filler, which I consider a kludge. Has anyone here done this successfully?
I guess the age to be 1940s, no idea on alloy of course.
I'm open to any and all knowledgeable suggestions, including barroom BS.