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Old Jun 6th, 2023, 21:14   #233
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Originally Posted by Burdekin View Post
The wee lower cowl repair done. I was going to use the front section of the outer sill repair panel but they're only 0.6 to 0.7mm thick so instead I used a bit of the left over inner wing repair panel which is something like 1.2mm thick. Only a few wee repairs left.
More excellent work there! Although i've not done anything like the amount of welding you've done, i always try to make 1.2mm the thinnest i use - by the time you've grond back the welds and no doubt caught a bit of the new metal, it's then thinner so it's a case of keeping the strength up from my piont of view.
Also helpful if you're welding to thinner metal as you can concentrate the ehat on the thicker 1.2mm stuff.
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