[TheForge] Welding a whole lotta cast iron

Fri Jul 4 11:37:01 2003

Zinc Sulfate or a Bromine tablet for a hot tub works real well, neither are
harmful.  The bromine will make sure when you feel like taking a dip in the
bucket after grabbing that hot piece of iron it will be pretty sterile.

We use Zinc sulfate around here on sheep's hooves to kill foot rot fungus.
Since we move the pan around between gates in the fields and fill it then
dump the leftover on the gournd (because it keeps working whe the sheep walk
through the gates or around watering troughs).  One day we were trying to
figure out why the mudpuddles around the watering troughs never have
mosquito larvae in them.  Only one thing to try and sure enough that was the
case.  It takes about a table spoon of granular powder for 50 gal.  A mind
to those who forge weld though I have never tried it, with steel I want to
forge weld on it may contaminate it.....

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 11:20 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Welding a whole lotta cast iron

> OK, Back on topic...
> A pertinent question RE welding up the cast tractor frame is...what kind
> of cast Iron? Some are much more forgiving than others.
>  Another quesation to resolve early in this project is...is it just a
> simple break? Or are there lots of other cracks in the piece. A grinder,
> a strong magnet and some fine steel filings might give a early indication.
>  On one repair, kept running into hidden old radiating cracks that had
> to be ground out. Ended up wondering if there wasn't going to  end up
> being more bronze than CI when done....Project just kept getting bigger.
> Tried boric acid in quench buckets for mosquito larvae...didn't
> work...tisk. No  wigglers in big copper quench tank. A piece of copper
> sheet about  15 sq" in a 5 gal bucket works for a while, till the copper
> patinates. A 4th of July cherry bomb takes care of the wigglers real
> good..but is hard on the bucket.....Pete
>
> Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer wrote:
>
> > Terry is right. Legal and bureaucratic realitys are often absurd, but
> > are enforced as if they were the word of god sometimes. That crap can
> > embroil a smith in a kafkaesque petty shitstorm that goes on insanely.
> > On the other dirty hand....If one thinks about it too much, one is
> > paralized or driven into mediocracy. One strategy is to remain so poor
> > that one is judgement proof, which has worked for us, after a fashon,
> > but has it's drawbacks.....P
> >
> > Terry L. Ridder wrote:
> >
> >> hello;
> >>
> >> reason and logic have no place in the judical system.
> >>
> >> having been in a legal nightmare for 7 years, which
> >> just keeps getting a worse nightmare, i speak from
> >> experience.
> >>
> >> look at the latest disaster in chicago.
> >> 13 people dead from a three story wood porch collapse.
> >> there were 70+ people on the three story wood porch.
> >> who in there right mind would allow 70+ people on a three
> >> story wood porch. the owner of the building, the property
> >> management company, and the carpenter who built the porch
> >> are all being sued. the 70+ people, 13 of which were killed,
> >> and many injured, are being viewed as the victums.
> >>
> >> On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, GHS wrote:
> >>
> >> mike> mike> Mark, Mark , Mark...
> >> mike> mike> You are being entirely too reasonable.
> >> mike> If the whole word follows suite look at
> >> mike> the mess it would make of the order of things.
> >> mike>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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