[TheForge] Re: cast iron welding

[John Chobrda]

    Yes Mike that's what I meant, I made an assumption, sorry

John C.

Mike wrote:

>>... water jacket on a vertical hit or miss engine. A large chunk had
>>broken out from water freezing in the jacket....I beveled the edges of
>>the pieces, then heated the jacket till I could just see color.
>>    
>>
>
>You mean heat color, John?  Something like: dull red heat when seen in a
>dimly lit room?
>
>I have an engine that needs repair one of these days.  That sounds
>doable with my equipment.
>
>I have a big make 'n break that was repaired successfully before I got
>it.  I can see a fairly tidy but mot very smooth seam, a foot or so
>long, with a mirror but I haven't investigated what it's made of
>because it's on the under side of the cylinder and pretty hard to get
>at.
>
>-Mike
>
>  
>


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