How would you go about this repair ?

[rich777]

Hi,

I'm in a bit of a mess here as I went a bit too mad smoothing down a few holes I welded up.

What do you guys recommend I do to repair it ?

Thanks for your time...

 

[Jim Davey]

Cut it out with a slitting wheel or air saw and weld in a patch, or if you're not worried about it being flush a patch welded straight over the top would work fine.

 

[rich777]

My concern is that the metal is quite thin around that area. I only wish I could get to the hole from underneath. Could I repair it any other way than welding ?

 

[Justme]

Could I repair it any other way than welding ?

No, no no.


Hard to tell from the pics but I would expect that area to either be quite thick or made up of multipul layers.

 

[gordonendersby]

Ignorant newbie chipping in, expecting to be shot down in flames.
But im interested in the answer myself as well.

I cant work out the scale from the photos. It looks quite a small hole, less than a cm?

Is it possible to fill in a small hole like this by clamping some copper on the back and filling/building back up with weld? Then grind back.
Or if its bigger a small disk/plug of steel but still with a copper backing piece and filling/building up the gaps around the plug?
As I understand it the welding wont stick/penetrate the copper but will sit on top and will join with the surrounding steel and plug.

Gordon

 

[Lawnmowerboy]

You can spot it up with welding if you know what you're doing.

 

[Robotstar5]

I'd just weld it up and dress back

 

[outofthefire]

I would guess its nearer 20 x 30mm hole. If you don't want to cut the hole square and patch it properly you could cut a piece of steel and push it up to the hole from below and weld it up then sand it flat.

 

[Lawnmowerboy]

Looks like a strut top to me. the bolt holes on the actual strut top either size od the big one are max 10mm, prob for an M8 bolt. Should weld up easy.