Question on restoration/welding wire screens

[Stuart Fedak]

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[Robin Craig]

show us a picture of the item in question and I will give you much more of an idea.

MIG is your best hope, maybe as a welder myself I would see this as an easy fix, likely by replacing whole piece, but show us what your playing with and I will as usual give you an opinion

R

[maple_leaf_eh]

Don't overthink the solution boys. If a man made it, a man can make another one. I suggest looking at fabricating a new piece(s) with stock grill material. Maybe there is a flat sheet of "raw" grill at the neighbourhood steel supplier, and all you need to do is buy and form a section.

[cletrac (RIP)]

Google welded steel mesh. There's quite a variety available that's not diamond pattern.

[Robin Craig]

I am not going to get laborious in detail but I will offer some advice phrased in questions.

What are you trying to achieve?

If you are trying to provide a mesh screen then use "expa mesh" as you did in the previous project.

If you are trying to recreate the original then remove the damaged material and buy a new sheet (unlikely anyone will supply small pieces unless they have a part sheet) and buy a resistance welder which will enable a spot weld.

Understand the terminology, a spot weld passes a current through both pieces to be joined and melts one into the other. A MIG adds material.

MIG is by definition colder than oxy acetylene.

Feel free to call me one night by arrangement, and I can answer more welding questions

regards

Robin

[Robin Craig]

Just to be clear, the original is a "woven steel mesh" and the use of that name will get the best results.

I have a small company who sell a wide variety of materials locally. You have a Metal Supermarket in Ottawa I think, they are a good source of the obtuse.

Regards

Robin

[rob love]

Technically, the mesh over the headlamps would not pass a safety. Just remove it altogether.