Progress Reports on the ETF Rebuilding Project

[Steve McVoy]

drussell, yes I can put caulk between the steel sheets and the frame. However, the stuff cures like clay and probably wouldn't provide much of a seal.

[NoPegs]

Originally Posted by Steve McVoy

drussell, yes I can put caulk between the steel sheets and the frame. However, the stuff cures like clay and probably wouldn't provide much of a seal.

Any members with some TIG skills? Pre-heat the oven and weld the corners up, then let things cool down and see if anything shears off. Since it is just mild steel I don't think it would present much of a challenge even to an "only-occasionally" TIG operator. Stainless would raise the bar a little, but still doable by a non-pro operator.

Your other option is to widen the gaps somehow, and "caulk" them with stove gasket. Caulk here is used in the original nautical term of shoving greased rope in between the decking boards with a mallet and tamping tool, not the modern stuff that comes out of a tube.