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Originally posted by smallfry
WOW! Holy shower pans, Bat Man - that's "way cool". Thanks for the picture sites and the info on the aluminum fabrication - I am definitely getting some beautiful options going here.
Jo Ann
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Aluminum takes a Tig or Mig welder to work with if you want to make a pan but you can work copper with a blow torch and solder. Your just looking to make a sealed area. You can use thin copper sheet and it's soft enough to bend by hand. make a wood frame to suport it. Create an overlap on the non finish side where you can solder it and not be visiable from the front and awrap it of the wood frame. To get you drain to work use some leveling compount or even fiberglass resin to build up the edges and taper down to the drain. Sand it smooth so it doesn't show through.
Copper sheet is not as cheap as aluminum but you can work with it easy. Clear coat it if you want to keep the shine or leave it alone and let it patina. Brass can be done the same way but it's a little more brittle.