Just a quick idea for a quickie temporary fix for leaking table.
My table did not leak for over a year but has gone to a very slow drip drip here and there.
I contemplated and threatened to scrap the Langmuir table and build a new one with PROPER DRAINAGE and NO SEAM but given the cost of a sheet of stainless as well as the time to make it, I came up with a super quick and easy TEMPORARY fix (yes I will eventually get around to eliminating the seamed pan as the leak progresses)
SO…enough talk
I took a piece of scrap (aluminum) angle 1/8" thick with 2 inch wide, ran it the full width of the table plus a couple of inchs, drilled 4 1/8" holes about a 1/4" in from the ends on each leg the just put some left over copper wire in each hole and angled it down just enough at the back to drain, folded the wires over the top edge of the pan and so far it has worked well.
No modifications to the factory pan or holes drilled anywhere on the machine.
I know that sooner or later I will have to address this again but for now I’m up and running! I do have to scold Langmuir for the entire pan set up but will cut them some slack as my guess that it was likely an expensive shipping issue to have a one piece pan
Your call guys! I’m just lazy and it is cold outside at the moment …I always take the easy way out !
how about pics so I can make sense of it
Sounds like the OP made a gutter that hangs off the tray under the table.
Had a tiny leak at the seam and it just made sense to weld it.
Super quick and easy to do and required no filler.
Yep, same here. Only annoyance was having to realign the edges together as my pan was not exactly bent square. Nothing a 270 lb guy can’t handle though.
I would still prefer a one-piece table!! Maybe someday !
That’s a clever fix! Did you find the JB Weld held up well over time, or would you recommend something else for larger leaks?
Did you mean to quote someone else?
I never used JB weld on anything, ever.
Well…if you were older you would have!!!
I’m pretty sure y’all had welders back then
Yeah SEE
Early welding
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3000 B.C.: Egyptians used charcoal to pressure-weld swords together using a process called forge welding.
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Bronze Age: Small circular boxes with pressure-welded lap joints were constructed.
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Iron Age: Egyptians learned how to weld iron pieces together.
19th century welding
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1836: Edmund Davy discovered acetylene gas, which made gas welding possible.
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1877: Elihu Thomson invented resistance welding.
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1881: Nikolay Benardos introduced carbon arc welding, which used carbon electrodes to join metals.
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1885: Elihu Thomson built the first electric welder.
Later welding
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1893: Hans Goldschmidt developed thermite welding.
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1907: Oscar Kjellberg invented the covered electrode, which protected molten metal from oxygen and nitrogen.
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1920: P.O. Nobel invented automatic welding, which used direct current and arc voltage to regulate the feed rate.
you have never used 2 part epoxy? or just JB weld?
You need to get out more.
Last winter on the way home from Portland we took a detour up to Walla Walla to see my now, late uncle. Late Saturday night, about 30 miles out of Walla Walla we came around a corner and there was a small rockslide across the road. We hit it pretty hard. One of the rocks pushed through the inflated tire and split the rim without puncturing the tire. We had to run our dougnut into Walla Walla. Walmart was the only “tire store” open in town on Sunday. The sales department of the GM dealer was open so we stopped by there first hoping they would have a factory replacement wheel. The sales team called their parts guy… he said they would be a week out for a replacement rim… The salesman then offered to sell my dad a new car… which my dad considered for a couple of minutes before I told him he wasn’t doing that. We ended up going to Walmart and having them pull the tire off and I bought a tube of JB weld putty, a wire brush, sandpaper, some isopropyl alcohol and shop towels. I wire brushed the paint off the inside of the aluminum, sanded and cleaned it and massaged the putty into the split from the inside and let it cure for an hour before having Walmart re-mount the tire on the wheel. We drove over 500 miles home on the band aid fix keeping an eye on the tire pressure monitor all the way. I think my dad almost considered it fixed… but I assured him he needed a new wheel or two. he got ahold of some tear offs at the local GM dealer that were a match to the ones he had…
That is just one of my JB weld success stories. Growing up on a farm we used the stuff all the time. I feel no shame using it.
@inpictkuro kwikfab fusion welded his seam together with a tig welder. I used Loctite PL Marine. 3 years running with no leaks.
Oh my gosh!!!
@Kwikfab What is really funny is the question of using JB Weld was directed to you. The resident JB Weld Hater Club President. Who knew?