Ok here we go...PMF!

[dales133]

Had 3 days off including today to make some progress but its pretty much rained the whole time.
Ive got half what i need cut off the trailer and ill try to get the rest done today

[Atomic77]

What are you cutting off? I must have missed something...

[dales133]

What are you cutting off? I must have missed something...

When i welded the hitch reciever in the back 2 cross members of the trailer i distorted them and i decided that it was easier to cut them out and start again.
If i had acess to oxy/acetaline of something i could maybe have done it with heat but as id have to pay to get it done i thought id do it this way instead

[Atomic77]

I see... Hope all goes well on that one!

[dales133]

Me too.
Didnt realy need it at this stage of the game

[dales133]

Well i cut the cross members out this arvo but made a huge rooky mistake.
Was merrily cutting away with the 9 inch and was almost done and looked up and all the sparks were going into the galley. .... heat burns all over my glass mosaics.
If anyone knows a fix even for the least bad ones id prefer to not have to replace them all.

[KCStudly]

Ouch.

[Atomic77]

Sorry man. That sucks. I had a Cadillac once that had a bunch of little stone chips in the windshield. I took it to a glass shop and they somehow got most of them out.

[KCStudly]

Yeah. I was going to suggest a buffing wheel and some glass polishing compound, but you have to remember that each one of those little burn holes probably has a little nugget of steel lodged in it; so if you go to polish it out like for a stone chip it might actually make things worse. Then again, I'm not an expert so maybe a little more research is needed.

[dales133]

Yea ill have a bit of an investigation and see what i can find out.
Should have known better and che ked earlier but you live and learn.
They wernt verry cheap either at 25 bucks a square foot.
Theres about 6.5 sq foot oc them all up

[Atomic77]

Did you figure anything out?

[dales133]

Not yet mate hasnt stiped raining here for days

[Vedette]

We all make mistakes! And it is sometimes better to bite the bullet and replace them rather than attempt to fix or patch them.
Look at it like you would a speeding ticket. You are mad at yourself for doing it, but once you have paid your fine it is soon forgotten.
If you don't the patched up mess you made will be there as a constant reminder for years to come.
Pay the Fine and move forward.
You will be back on schedule sooner that way!
Good Roads
Brian & Sandi

[dales133]

Thanks brian and i agree wholeheartedly, just wish i hadnt screwed something else up in the process.
Looking on ebay for some aluminium aheet at the moment for the subfloor
I got most of the steel i need cut the other day,the tiles can wait for now. Ill need to buy some though incase they sell out

[tony.latham]

Is this one of those goofs that if not pointed out will only be seen by you? I've got a few of those rocks in my box.

Tony