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Plastic Welders in JHB / Westrand Area

Postby Tailspin » Tue Sep 11, 2012 11:50 am

Hey All

I am looking for Plastic welders int he Westrand JHB area. I have some cracks in a fuel tank that i need to have somebody look at.

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Re: Plastic Welders in JHB / Westrand Area

Postby JvTonder » Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:40 pm

Tailspin wrote:Hey All

I am looking for Plastic welders int he Westrand JHB area. I have some cracks in a fuel tank that i need to have somebody look at.

Gavin
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Was that fuel tank used for clean petrol or mixed with 2 stroke, if mixed throw it away and get another tank. Been their done that and got the t-shirt, plastic welding does not work then specially on a two stroke with the vibrations it keeps on leaking and cracking.
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Re: Plastic Welders in JHB / Westrand Area

Postby Tailspin » Tue Sep 11, 2012 2:19 pm

JvTonder wrote:
Tailspin wrote:Hey All

I am looking for Plastic welders int he Westrand JHB area. I have some cracks in a fuel tank that i need to have somebody look at.

Gavin
Gavin,

Was that fuel tank used for clean petrol or mixed with 2 stroke, if mixed throw it away and get another tank. Been their done that and got the t-shirt, plastic welding does not work then specially on a two stroke with the vibrations it keeps on leaking and cracking.
Damn

Was hoping i could get my 60L tank sorted for Numbi - would have made life so much easier, now got to do 6 fuel stops instead of 4 ## ## ## ##
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Re: Plastic Welders in JHB / Westrand Area

Postby ZULU1 » Tue Sep 11, 2012 7:48 pm

Gavin, I will post this on open forum for all that may need this service. I own the tooling for a injection moulded cap that is attached to a roto moulded bottle, this is used for a cooling suit water bottle. 80 mm in diameter, it may be fitted to a simple roto moulded jig. Simply weld up a square or odd shape or whatever or whatever, attach the threaded neck with a simple clamp and it may be moulded to suit. Ideal for low volumes of product. Contact these guys http://www.eastcoastmoulders.co.za/bout ... dings.html

very easy solution.

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Re: Plastic Welders in JHB / Westrand Area

Postby Tailspin » Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:30 am

Thanks Paul

My Problem is the Tank has cracks in and I need the cracks fixed.
Although this is a good Idea and i can use it to make the small tank it will not work for the larger tank.

But will keep this in mind when doing the tank for the Long EZ. s023
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Re: Plastic Welders in JHB / Westrand Area

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