From: Nigel Hay - MILWEB (Nigel@milweb.net)
Date: Tue Apr 01 2003 - 05:27:51 PST
My M16 Halftrack was cut into dozens of pieces, the welder who put it all
back together used Chrome rods -it cost me a fortune. If you have a crack,
you wont be able to drill it from the exteriour, but seem to be able to do
so from inside surface.
Nige
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Jenkins" <gpw1942@bellatlantic.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] cracked armor
> What kind of armor? Surface hardened like on a 1/2 track.
> I have been told it can be welded with stainless. This was of course after
I
> mig-ed up a crack on the M4A1.
> I was advised to drill ahead of the crack to relieve any pressure so that
it did
> not continue to crack. I had no luck drilling, too hard. So I used a 41/2
inch
> cutting wheel and ground a "V" on both sides of the armor along the crack
and a
> little past the end of the crack to relieve the pressure. This was about a
year
> ago and so far the steel weld has held up.
> Dj
>
> Buck & Rami Sharp wrote:
>
> > what can a guy do about a piece of armor that has a crack in it? bronze
it ?
> > just curious eventually i will halft to do a repair job on it. thanks
> >
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