[TheForge] Re: Welding cast iron

[Bruce Freeman]

If you want to do this on the cheap, consider using scrounged threaded
rod and "nut" from any of several sources.  Old cast-iron screw jacks
can be had for a song sometimes - usually rusted solid, but that's no
big deal if you have a forge or torch.  Wine presses, defunct vises,
etc., all use large threaded hardware.

Bruce
NJ

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 9:29 PM, IowaHarry <iowaharry at fastmail.net> wrote:
> At this point McMaster Carr is the way I am going to go. A coupler nut, some
> bits of steel to flesh out the rest of  it and there ya go. Of course this
> will all happen some time after the purchase of a new vise. Thanks for the
> Mcmaster carr tip Bob.
>
> Harry
>
> Ron Childers wrote:
>>
>> U pack it to dam it, soot the threads and cast it in place. U said it's a
>> pos anyway, so nothing to lose. Brass is pretty tough and many
>> old post vises were repaired that way a hundred years ago. It's really not
>> that hard to do. Sounds like a proof of concept syndrome-(Chicken v
>> possum.)
>>
>> Steve is the expert; I just helped at a demo- I think the brass could be
>> melted in any heavy iron vessel in a gas or coal forge and poured in to
>> form
>> the nut. Ron C
>>
>>
>>
>>
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