HP-2116A chassis (or repairing cast aluminum)

[Lawrence Wilkinson]

On Sat, 2005-04-16 at 22:33, Tim Riker wrote:
> 3) Thoughts on repairing the chassis? I could bondo, superglue, epoxy,
> silversolder, etc. the pieces together, and add a plate behind it
> attached with countersunk screws. Would not be very visible once the
> panels are put back. I have the two side panels and the bottom panel,
> but no top panel. Thoughts on which would work best?

Not sure if someone's already suggested it, but you could try a place
that does mag/alloy wheel repairs (that is, proper engineering repairs
not polishing!)  Race wheels tend towards pure mag.

(I won't go into how one of our director's speciality was to put an old
magnesium wheel in the middle of the bonfire...)
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