Cracked Plate

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Terry,

I recently had this problem with a antique Weber, and
found that the pinblock had come unglued from the
frame, allowing the front of the plate to rise. The
cracks were on the struts!

It was a real pain to restore!

Al

Al Pebworth
Chesapeake, Virginia

--- Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> "looks like it propagates under the felt and it
> could possibly be connecting 
> the three struts."
> 
> While anything is possible, and I have not looked
> under the felt, this is a 
> full plate with an open pinblock. My assumption is
> that the crack ends right 
> in the corner of the tuning pin field cut-out. Two
> of the cracks are 
> contiguous with this low treble tuning pin field
> cut-out, but the third 
> crack is way down at A0. I'm pretty sure the cracks
> are confined to the 
> struts only.
> 
> Terry Farrell
> 
> > This crack is quite elaborate;  it looks like it
> > propagates under the felt and it could possibly be
> > connecting the three struts.
> >
> > Welding this requires a very skilled welder with
> lots
> > of experience.  The whole casting has to be
> preheated
> > and held at an elevated temperature while it's
> being
> > welded.  I would be very hesitant to get involved
> with
> > this one, but my guess is, it may have a chance
> with
> > the Lock/Stitch method and lots of money.
> >
> > The plate may be warped, or it wasn't levelled
> > properly when the screws were tightened.  Check if
> the
> > plate is warped before spending money on welding /
> > stitching.
> >
> > Vladan 
> 
> 
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