I Have No Idea How To Weld Plastic,,,

[Ron H]

Here’s my conundrum… I bought a Tesseract cargo box however due to my chopped roll cage/rad relocate and snorkel mods there is NO way it’ll drop in without pulling the afore mentioned apart,,,
If the lower front portion of the box didn’t have moulded “protrusions” I could slide er in without having to tear apart and rebuild each time i want to access the top of the engine, or a thorough cleaning…
Any “plastic welders” in the fold? Or recommendations ? Or is this a bone head idea? I’d cut and fab just have NO experience with plastic welding,,,

 

[snopro]

I was given this name but haven't used them yet Ron but maybe call them?
Toms Rubber and Plastic Repair Ltd.
16803-128A Ave NW
Edmonton, Alta
780-456-9867

 

[RXN]

Polar plastics could probably hook you up as well.

Ive been looking at getting a plastic welder. They look slick and easy to use.

 

[Ron H]

Groovy,,, I’ll those guys giv a call fri,,

 

[Ron H]

Just a little update,,,
And yesterday I've "learned" some plastics can't be welded,,,, The box is at "Toms" (Thankyou snopro) they will try some "test welds" .....If there is one that works I'll have to do all the fabrication/cutting/fitting then bring it back for the welding. I actually prefer this as it'll ensure I get zactly what is required,, The other "acquired wisdom",,, get the cargo box prior to doing snorkel mods and rad relocate,,,

 

[imdoo'n]

ha, I got a plastic welder in the shop, fiqure it might cost $3000+ beer , no guaranties, might be ugly, but always willing to giver a shot? haha.

 

[fnDan]

My brother bought one of these and it works pretty good. You do have to be careful how long you apply the staple.
Plastic Welder

 

[imdoo'n]

i find Kawasaki plastic pieces all over the west county, work good as filler ! ha.

 

[Ron H]

I think this is just "any excuse for a party"...

ha, I got a plastic welder in the shop, fiqure it might cost $3000+ beer , no guaranties, might be ugly, but always willing to giver a shot? haha.

 

[imdoo'n]

I think this is just "any excuse for a party"...

well if you don't like results may as well party on, ha. besides you might be drunk enough you may not know the difference at least that is what i hope for? your job is not for a rank amateur,

 

[imdoo'n]

My brother bought one of these and it works pretty good. You do have to be careful how long you apply the staple.
Plastic Welder

i used aluminum window screen, then filled it in, holding up, not pretty though!

 

[Grinder]

Why not just use a heat gun and remold it to what you want.

 

[Ron H]

Why not just use a heat gun and remold it to what you want.

Was a discussion at “Tom’s”, if I wanted to jus bend a square corner it’d be tough but possible,,, For what i want to accomplish given the “sculpted/formed” shape It’d be almost impossible to get uniform creases ….

 

[imdoo'n]

Was a discussion at “Tom’s”, if I wanted to jus bend a square corner it’d be tough but possible,,, For what i want to accomplish given the “sculpted/formed” shape It’d be almost impossible to get uniform creases ….

why can't someone mold you a lid from scratch? might be easier

 

[Ron H]

The lid is ok, the design requires the box to drop in, ,,,, It is wider than the two bed side plastics below the "back bone" portion of the cage,,,, So I have to narrow the two front lower portions of the cargo box so that it slides in as opposed to dropping in...

 

[Ron H]

This is the portion i need to “skinny up”

 

[imdoo'n]

ok. was just a thought, you custom build a box lid, using bondo, plywood etc and then have a heat formed mold of what you come up with, could be real pricy maybe! ya give the lads at the shop a go, see what they can do!