Anyone have some tips for welding cast iron?
03-18-2007, 10:02 PM
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Anyone have some tips for welding cast iron?
I need to add 1 (maybe 2) external gate ports to a greddy cast iron log I picked up today, dirt cheap.
I have heard preheat, weld with high nickle content wire, and then throw it back in the oven and let it cool slowly is best.
Can anyone else advise? If this ---- sucks I have an internal gate that's rated at 23 psi which I will be using instead, I would just prefer to use an external gate.
I have heard preheat, weld with high nickle content wire, and then throw it back in the oven and let it cool slowly is best.
Can anyone else advise? If this ---- sucks I have an internal gate that's rated at 23 psi which I will be using instead, I would just prefer to use an external gate.
03-18-2007, 11:40 PM
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Re: Anyone have some tips for welding cast iron?
Originally Posted by Minor Threat
I need to add 1 (maybe 2) external gate ports to a greddy cast iron log I picked up today, dirt cheap.
I have heard preheat, weld with high nickle content wire, and then throw it back in the oven and let it cool slowly is best.
Can anyone else advise? If this ---- sucks I have an internal gate that's rated at 23 psi which I will be using instead, I would just prefer to use an external gate.
I have heard preheat, weld with high nickle content wire, and then throw it back in the oven and let it cool slowly is best.
Can anyone else advise? If this ---- sucks I have an internal gate that's rated at 23 psi which I will be using instead, I would just prefer to use an external gate.
03-19-2007, 01:05 PM
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Re: Anyone have some tips for welding cast iron?
I always just welded it and then made a point of not using the weld as a structural support. Braces FTW!
Cast is the easiest stuff you'll ever weld, hands down. It's like joining two stick of butter with squeeze butter out of the plastic bottle with a flip top plastic lid.
Cast is the easiest stuff you'll ever weld, hands down. It's like joining two stick of butter with squeeze butter out of the plastic bottle with a flip top plastic lid.
03-19-2007, 09:56 PM
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Re: Anyone have some tips for welding cast iron?
Originally Posted by Joseph Davis
I always just welded it and then made a point of not using the weld as a structural support. Braces FTW!
Cast is the easiest stuff you'll ever weld, hands down. It's like joining two stick of butter with squeeze butter out of the plastic bottle with a flip top plastic lid.
Cast is the easiest stuff you'll ever weld, hands down. It's like joining two stick of butter with squeeze butter out of the plastic bottle with a flip top plastic lid.
Who wants a log maniifold, cheap?
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