[TheForge] Rail welding advice

[debmiller at fuse.net]

Don,

I've had more luck with the malleable iron. I have also used mig.

Depending on the client, finish, etc. on some occasions I prep for a tight seam and only weld from the bottom, leaving a clean joint.

The lateral ends you buy don't usually have the same surface texture either. So blending and smoothing are part of the job as well.


Ray
Cincinnati

---- PlumDon at aol.com wrote: 
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> A customer has requested some lateral ends to a railing. King  Architecture 
> has them in cast iron and malleable iron. How do you go about  welding these 
> ends on to standard cap handrail? Can you use mig? If not what  rod, etc. Any 
> advice much appreciated. 
>  
> Don Plummer
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