"pyotr filipivich" wrote in message
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Greetings and salutations

After a dozen years or so, my desk chair has become hazardous. I
didn't know you could crack an eighth inch steel plate, just by
sitting on it. But - I managed, somehow. This is the plate which
mounts the connector from the stand up to the chair bottom. Mostly
it
got the left-right stresses as I shift around reach for stuff, but I
knew there was a problem when I leaned forward, and it "leaned" with
me.

So, JB Weld. Advertised as being "able to fix anything but a
broken heart", how it is for handling the sort of stresses of a
twisting plate?

And how does it handle stress fractures and failure?

tschus
pyotr

It is either JB weld or I find someone with a welding kit. Or go
hit
the yard sales, etc.
--
pyotr filipivich.

http://www.jbweld.com/product/j-b-weld/
"Strength 3960 PSI"

Steel varies, 50,000 PSI is a good SWAG.

I'd use this to justify buying a 120V MIG welder and taking a night
class in how to weld, mostly to learn how to recognize and correct
mistakes since they aren't hard to use, but controlling molten metal
takes practice whether it's steel or solder. Mine repays its cost with
every rust hole repair on my vehicles.

-jsw, sitting in an office chair modified into a recliner.