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Welding edges

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SkiMN
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So I got a couple (5) edge cracks underfoot. I don't need the ski's to be skiiable on the mountain for much longer. I was thinking that in the interest of keeping the edges, I might fix the edge cracks by welding them. I envision a wire feed welder, just a quick dot at a really low setting on the crack, the grinding it down. I also envision the ski melting around the weld. I have another pair of skis I can try this on first. So what do ya think, am I nuts, or on to something?
Feb 11 2008 8:22PM
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paulbunyan
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well try it on the old ones sounds kinda smart but the base could melt in a tiny area not really effecting the ski i think
Feb 11 2008 8:25PM
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quebecfreestyler
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base WILL melt.
Feb 11 2008 8:27PM
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Tucks
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^yes it will indeed
Feb 11 2008 8:29PM
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nashbuck
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i was thinkin this too you can fix the base but will it fix the edges well enough
Feb 11 2008 8:29PM
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paulbunyan
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it wont melt the hole base thou. if you did a small enough one there would just be a tiny spot that it would melt in. and you could still ski the ski
Feb 11 2008 8:31PM
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grams.
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Won't work at all. My dad's buddy tried it on his sons skis and he put it at the lowest setting possible. The base basically folded up I guess.
Feb 11 2008 8:44PM
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skiizy
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epoxy
Feb 11 2008 8:55PM
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ThaLetterM.
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yeah im actually in a metals class at my school (to make rails haha) and even on the absolute lowest possible voltage with like the highest wire speed it would still be so rediculously hot it would really fuck up the bases

try it though..who knows
Feb 11 2008 8:56PM
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tomahawk
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kinda old skool but you could drip some metal onto the edge without burning it by gas welding
the skool i go to have a ton of gas welders haha
Feb 11 2008 9:54PM
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Sticha03
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That would just cover the crack... For a torch welder to work the base metal has to be almost melting or the welding wire will just break off.
Feb 11 2008 10:19PM
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Powforbreakfast.
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what about that copper alloy stuff that you melt?  i forget the name... in metal shop last year, we all worked with it. they're thin 1mm rods that are like a copper alloy of some sort, and you use it in addition to an oxycetaline torch for puddle welding.  i'll bet if you're willing to deal with some base damage, you could heat up the edge with really low heat, and then melt some of that copper stuff in.  you'd only need a drop or so.  i think it'd work well, it bonds to steel extrordinarily well, and it's used more as a strengthener rather than a filler in normal welding, so basically you'd be melting the edge back together and adding copper alloy to strengthen.  ask your metals teacher, he'll know!  i'd bet money this method would work, too!
Feb 11 2008 10:40PM
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philipc
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i was thinking spot weld but it might not be strong enough
Feb 11 2008 10:42PM
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