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Anyone have some tips for welding cast iron?

Old Mar 18, 2007 | 10:02 PM
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Default 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.
Old Mar 18, 2007 | 11:40 PM
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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.
Corect get something thats medium to high nickle alloy (Ni-rod) weld it pre heat the over to about 400F then put it in there and after 10 minutes turn it off and let it cool down dont open the door
Old Mar 18, 2007 | 11:46 PM
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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 01:05 PM
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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.
Old Mar 19, 2007 | 09:56 PM
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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.
Point moot now, the Greddy manifold I bought is for a T28 flange not T3, so I'm going to sell it and make a MADMAX/whiterice style topmount that's the HMT rage these days.

Who wants a log maniifold, cheap?
Old Mar 19, 2007 | 10:12 PM
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lol still fix it and sell that bitch for more. theres some kid looking for a greddy log on wanted section.
Old Mar 19, 2007 | 10:18 PM
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Its not broken, I was just going to add an external gate to it.

The guy wants a D-series one, not B.
Old Mar 19, 2007 | 10:23 PM
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