[TheForge] Portable Forge rebuild

[Roy Wilson]

On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 10:06:52 -0500, Best, Dianne wrote:

>#2 - Broken drive wheel 
>A segment (between two spokes) fell out of the large flywheel that drives
>the blower. The ends are rusty, so it has been broken for a long time. 
>I know how cast iron is SUPPOSED to be brazed (by evenly preheating,
>brazing, and the slowly and evenly allowing to cool) but I haven't had much
>luck with that process - I have had new cracks form during cooling. 
>I am thinking about repairing the flywheel segment by using epoxy and
>putting in a couple of small steel pins. Is there an easier way? 

	Electric weld it using a pure nickel rod.  I think there
are some other rods available for use on cast iron and cast steel
as well.



Roy Wilson
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