[TheForge] Anchoring epoxy and pure iron

Wed Jan 30 13:00:32 2002

        Don, Any pictures of that gate?   Your right on the punching of pure
iron - somewhat gummy - I found running a small keft down my punch to act as
a tooth ( ^ ) works well to leave less chafe or burrs.
        The thing that amazes me about this stuff I forgot to mention is how
easily it files.  You end up with piles of filings with little work. It
almost seems to roll off the work under the file.

Ralph


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> ANCHORING EPOXY
>
> I recently anchored in some repaired 150 year old gates and columns and
used
> Polygem's Liquid Concrete Repair. Each 130 pound gate rests on a single
7/8"
> pin that was set in this stuff. I also used it to anchor in the four feet
of
> a 5' high ornate column. It's pricey at about $16 for a 10oz tube. It is a
> two part epoxy that you mix it in the tube with a plunger that comes in
it.
> When mixed it pours about like maple syrup and dries to about the same
amber
> color. It comes in three hardnesses: soft, medium and hard. The medium
dries
> to about the same hardness as lead.
>
> It really locks things in as it flows into every nook and cranny. It
becomes
> IMMOVABLE. I also echo the notion of having a good clean hole. I got mine
> nice and clean by blowing into it but also dabbing into it with a roll of
> modeling plasticene clay to pick up the last bits and pieces.
>
> PURE IRON
>
> I also like the stuff most of the time. I used it to restore the gates
> discussed above and I have almost $400 worth of pure iron in the repairs.
It
> would have been about $50 for off the shelf steel. That's $350 less for
me.
>
> Yesterday I had to punch and slit and drift 1/4 x 3/4 pure iron for some
long
> sliding bar latches. It doesnt punch and drift nicely. It gets like tar
and
> just wont separate. But definitely easier at the cooler temps.
>
> regards
>
> Don Plummer
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