kenty Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 unobtanium ........... if you have one kicking about , cheap or free let me know . ill be posting some pics of a few ive fixed and im using the repaired base from one tank to fix the next ,and so on .. i could do with a couple of donor tanks for sections for repairs .. i charge fck all for fixing em so , NO, i dont want your £400 tank thanks ... 4 Quote Link to comment
Guest YoshiJohnny Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 blimey...that's a bad un Quote Link to comment
kenty Posted July 5, 2015 Author Share Posted July 5, 2015 these things are fkin breeding , lots of welding done this week , hopefully four leak free tanks are the result , when i find my filler cap i will pressure test em get em painted and returned to their very patient owners ........ sorry for the wait fellas ,sticking shit together isn't as easy as it looks lol 1 Quote Link to comment
Guest YoshiJohnny Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 You are brilliant..... waiting a while is a small price to pay ..... Quote Link to comment
kenty Posted July 5, 2015 Author Share Posted July 5, 2015 that tank base came out of this piece of shite ,the middle section is solid .as with most others but the sides rot like pigs so it would be good to have a repaired bottom ,,,,ooeerrr missus , to slap into a waiting tank ... first side of ally tank press tool is almost upon us too YJ , ill post some pics if the test piece comes out looking anything like a tank .. 2 Quote Link to comment
Bubba1135 Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 i bought an ET tank for my gs bitsa as i couldn't find/afford a reasonable gs1000 tank Quote Link to comment
kiwi Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Kev i think you should have your own tank section considering how you have repaired several and made the Ally Kat tank, And yes i know you do not charge much but your quality of work is superb and i'm sure people will pay more considering the final outcome 2 Quote Link to comment
Funkymonkracing Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 The number of times I`ve been asked for GS1000 tanks is unbelievable !! Shame most of them aren`t owners and just wanting to make a few quid. Quote Link to comment
GSRacer Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Kenty I have one or half of one to be more exact, top was cut off years ago(no idea why) been sat in back of shed base is OK sides about 50% there surface rust only, yours for the price of postage pm me Quote Link to comment
kenty Posted July 6, 2015 Author Share Posted July 6, 2015 very kind of you GSRacer i will accept your offer willingly ... ahhhhhh the spirit of OSS , its alive and well ..... i know exactly what you mean Funkymonkracing , too many people just out on the make , and i dont mean the genuine people just selling something to raise cash , its the people who would willingly accept something for free knowing they fully intend to go out and rip some one off . Quote Link to comment
canamant Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Don't get me going about freebies being sold on. Hope their knobs rot off. 1 Quote Link to comment
kenty Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 ok , here's a few pics just so you know what to expect when someone offers you a GS thou tank with a few rust spots . ill start with a few bad ones . Quote Link to comment
kenty Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 (edited) what happened to me pics then ........ no worries plenty more . Edited July 8, 2015 by kenty Quote Link to comment
kenty Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 and obviously a few pics of repair sections . Quote Link to comment
Katana Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 fantastic job as usual kenty will have to call n see ya soon want my clock 1 Quote Link to comment
alexl Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 (edited) great repair job, do you use tig, or braze the repair panels in? Edited July 9, 2015 by alexl Quote Link to comment
Locomotion Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 There are certainly some very skilled feckers out there hats off to you sir 1 Quote Link to comment
kenty Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 great repair job, do you use tig, or braze the repair panels in?. Yes ........both ............................................ tig brazing now .... ive used Mig for years but acquired some SifSilCopper Tig rods and these are fantastic for the rather thin metal used in gs1000 tanks . 1 Quote Link to comment
alexl Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I have just come across them, I was looking at trying to use tig for brazing as I don't have a gas set up any more and want tig for more general fabrication. Can you achieve the traditional stacked coins brazed look with tig brazing, or is it less likely because of the smaller area of shielding gas ? I have a lot to learn. I have been trying to get hold of a gs1000 tank for a (slow start) project. But if they can be fixed as well as you are doing, there's hope yet. 1 Quote Link to comment
kenty Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 @alexl , stacked coins ,,,,,, all i can say is not consistently ,no ,, although im only doing very this metal and the aim was to make it fluid tight , looking pretty didnt enter into it , sifsilcopper is copper brazing for tig and can be used without flux ,but i tried it with flux too ,and its better with flux for very thin steel , ill give it a try on some thicker stuff and see how it comes out .. sorry about the quality of the pic , crap phone camera , this is with flux . Quote Link to comment
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