LawrencetheMDer
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- Ohio and Florida
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- Minelab Manticore, Minelab CTX3030 w 11" and 17" DD coils,
Minelab Excalibur II w 10" coil, Equinox 800 (4) w 11" and 15" coils,
Troy Shadow x2 w 7" coil, Pointers; Garrett Carrot, Pro Find 35,
- Primary Interest:
- Beach & Shallow Water Hunting
Darn, I thought my scoop was in bad shape before now. After spending about 30 hrs digging in stones and sand the consistency of old cement the back side of my heavy duty aluminum scoop was caved in, making emptying it difficult.
Unfortunately, my solutions really made things worse:
I decided to take a piece of wood (2”x2”x10”) and place it on the inside of the scoop and hammer out the caved-in part from the inside. Things were going well UNTIL I began working on the back of the scoop and ended-up breaking the seam and pushing out the bottom of the scoop!
First, I thought that I could solder the seam back in place: long story, but after $50.00 of material (MapX gas, torch, starter, silver solder) no luck; the solder would not adhere to the scoop.
Second, I thought that I could weld the seam shut. At the store while buying all the soldering materials I saw a small cutting/welding kit composed of an oxygen tank and MapX gas. Again, it didn’t work. Just could not melt the scoop with the small torch. Now out another $60.00. That makes about $110.00 spent and still no scoop.
Now I’m thinking I could use a strong bonding agent to “glue” the bottom on the scoop. Buy another scoop? Better yet, I’ll find an auto shop that welds and have them spot-weld the bottom so it doesn’t fall off. That should be cheap and thanks to an earlier discussant for the suggestion.
But for now, I wired the scoop together. Have the itch.
Do you hear that? The Beach is calling and tide is falling and my Excal is ready for a walk.
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I decided to take a piece of wood (2”x2”x10”) and place it on the inside of the scoop and hammer out the caved-in part from the inside. Things were going well UNTIL I began working on the back of the scoop and ended-up breaking the seam and pushing out the bottom of the scoop!
First, I thought that I could solder the seam back in place: long story, but after $50.00 of material (MapX gas, torch, starter, silver solder) no luck; the solder would not adhere to the scoop.
Second, I thought that I could weld the seam shut. At the store while buying all the soldering materials I saw a small cutting/welding kit composed of an oxygen tank and MapX gas. Again, it didn’t work. Just could not melt the scoop with the small torch. Now out another $60.00. That makes about $110.00 spent and still no scoop.
Now I’m thinking I could use a strong bonding agent to “glue” the bottom on the scoop. Buy another scoop? Better yet, I’ll find an auto shop that welds and have them spot-weld the bottom so it doesn’t fall off. That should be cheap and thanks to an earlier discussant for the suggestion.
But for now, I wired the scoop together. Have the itch.
Do you hear that? The Beach is calling and tide is falling and my Excal is ready for a walk.
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