[TheForge] Welding rod supply question

Sat Nov 22 22:34:14 2003

Any Low Carbon stainless rod "L" designation.
the good ol' 7024 rod has great penetration, but use a nickel or 
stainless rod for good adherence to the iron.

Ray

On Saturday, November 22, 2003, at 05:17 PM, Barking Crow wrote:

> Hey Ray,
>
> Does it matterwhich stainless rod?
>
> I've been working on an old Prentiss bench vise that I've never seen 
> one of
> before.  Instead of a large square shaft on the moveable jaw that 
> surrounds
> the screw it has two guides, both about 3/4 and 1 3/4.  One is abouve 
> the
> screw and parralel to the ground and one below the screw and 
> perpendicular
> to the ground.  Seems like a nice design.  The moveable jaw was broken 
> clean
> at the top of the upper guide.  I deeply grooved it all around on both
> pieces and then filled in the grooves.  I didn't try it, but was 
> wondering
> if I could have done the outer welding that was really just to rebuild 
> the
> curvature of the upper jaw with my favorite 7024 rod.  Would it have 
> damaged
> the lower repair that was with the nickel rod?
>
> Thanks again for all your advice.
>
> Jeff Valentine
>
>
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