On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 11:41:48 +0200, Nick Müller wrote:

Jon Elson wrote:

Without a heat
treat oven, is every weld repair going to end up producing another crack?

Did you drill the end of the crack? You should do this!
carefuly check that you drilled out the end of the crack (oil and chalk)
or it will certainly crack again.

That's what I was thinking too, Nick. I've drilled out the end's of cracks
in fiberglass panels to prevent them from cracking further before repairing
them. Works like a charm.

How do you use oil and chalk to find the end of a crack?