Funny the ad didn't list how thick  the plastic is that it can weld with an
80w element.

I had a portable Seelye welder with compressor that fit in a 26" tool
box.  I bought it to repair cracked whitewater kayaks.  man, did I take a
bath on that deal.  Think I had about $900 in all the rods, extra heating
element, different tips etc.  It was a great unit, but the demand for its
services never materialized.  The comnpressor was Very quiet and the whole
unit didn't weigh 30#.

The Cadillac of plastic welders is one made in Germany called a
Draeder.  It runs about $2500, hand held, but never used one.  Dagger
kayaks swears by them, however; but they can afford one.

DM&FS

At 09:49 AM 2/8/2005, jbange wrote:
> > On EBay, #4356280339 for $159.
> > Anyone know if these things work? I've never heard of one before...
> > Not that I'd buy it, just curious.
>
>>those things are outstanding.  i used to work for a whitewater rafting
>>comapny, and we used one to make custom boxes and containers to fit in
>>the boats and elsewhere.  i didn't realize you could get one for $150.
>
>If you type the model number into Google (URE5500HT) and poke around, you
>can even find it a little cheaper. Personally though, when given the choice
>between ebay and a real online store, I pick the real online store (unless,
>or course, the ebay item is priced absurdly low).