what 20 bucks will buy these days

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:08 pm

Before

After

Before

After

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:13 pm

Very nice. Almost can't tell. Maybe you could start a service? Very Happy

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:15 pm

Are you talking about those aluminum repair rods..The kind you use with propane or mapp gass? or is that a shop job.

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:29 pm

This is a shop job.
A guy at work recommended the place, but I just walk in off the street.
The guy who did it does broach welding and has repair part for other bikes.
Just amazed he only charged $20

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:15 pm

I love it when a plan comes together... Twisted Evil

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 7:38 pm

MrAmbitious wrote:

Very nice. Almost can't tell. Maybe you could start a service? Very Happy

not a bad Idea

I can post the company's info I'm not sure how they would feel about shipping and recieving though

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 1:50 am

TomStrasser wrote:

This is a shop job.
A guy at work recommended the place, but I just walk in off the street.
The guy who did it does broach welding and has repair part for other bikes.
Just amazed he only charged $20

I'm amzed too at the $20 price tag........ Shocked

.........I thought you were going to say you did it yourself for $20 in materials....aluminum welding scares me.....bbrandt did a similar job on his alt cover .....but he has all the toys and a location to do it in........ Cool

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 2:13 am

firemun59 wrote:

TomStrasser wrote:

This is a shop job.
A guy at work recommended the place, but I just walk in off the street.
The guy who did it does broach welding and has repair part for other bikes.
Just amazed he only charged $20

I'm amzed too at the $20 price tag........ Shocked

.........I thought you were going to say you did it yourself for $20 in materials....aluminum welding scares me.....bbrandt did a similar job on his alt cover .....but he has all the toys and a location to do it in........ Cool

I welded once like in Jr high. I can "teach" a robot to weld both spot and mig. But I can't color inside the lines, That stuff is all art to me.

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:35 am

20 bucks to turn on a $3000 plus TIG welder, likely no less than 4 pieces of 3/32" or 1/8" x 36" filler rod, argon, and no less than 20 minutes of prep welding plus the ability to do the job. Can't go wrong at that price.
Did you have to clean up the weld or did he do it for you?
From what I can see a bit of careful work with a file and paper and it will be barely noticeable.
I never throw out any broken aluminum covers, either they can be repaired or they are good for donor parts when you need that piece that disappeared.

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:02 am

$20?

I, too, originally figured you meant your rig, just your cost for rods, etc. You did well. Remember that shop: for that matter, brag about that shop to anyone who can use its services.
Last year, I had a bike with a bent peg bracket. The wrench-bender up the road said he'd carefully heat & straighten it. He did, & threw in a couple of coats of black paint, after wire-brushing it bare. He asked $5; I gave him $10, & my word-of-mouth advertising.
I do the same, I just realized. Somebody walks in off the street & needs the job done (in my case calibration & repair), I put them in the front of the line, & probably undercharge them. People remember immediate, helpful, inexpensive service. I could charge an amount to justify the hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of the branch's equipment, but I'd rather they remember. It gets us more. TB

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:30 am

BBrandt11 wrote:

20 bucks to turn on a $3000 plus TIG welder, likely no less than 4 pieces of 3/32" or 1/8" x 36" filler rod, argon, and no less than 20 minutes of prep welding plus the ability to do the job. Can't go wrong at that price.
Did you have to clean up the weld or did he do it for you?
From what I can see a bit of careful work with a file and paper and it will be barely noticeable.
I never throw out any broken aluminum covers, either they can be repaired or they are good for donor parts when you need that piece that disappeared.

The before pics are how the part went to the shop minus the stator and brushes.

The after pics are how I picked it up the next day. they sand blasted it ac cleand up the welds. what you see is what I got.

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 1:13 pm

Link to the welder
at the botom of the page
http://cb1100f.net/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=24770