[TheForge] fixed broken link was Re: fish plates? just how big are they?

[Larry Brown]

I would clean the broken side with a grinder, heat the other side so you can
bend it back to where the original weld areas touch again, re weld the
broken area with a vertical up weld covering an area a little wider than the
original weld. I might add a second pass for the bottom and top of about
1/2" long a little wider, then wire brush the other side,  look for cracks,
grind any out and reweld. If there are no cracks I still might weld a little
at the top and bottom because I can't see everything. I looks like it was
broken for a while seeing the rust. The cracks form as the weld breaks but
you don't see it until it opens up. Common break on a grass cutter, easy
repair if you have a torch and welder, much easier than when the other side
if it tears out of the deck. Always look for paint coming off and you can
find cracks when they start on many items.
L Brown

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of terry l. ridder
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2017 1:17 PM
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Subject: [TheForge] fixed broken link was Re: fish plates? just how big are
they?

hello

i have moved the photographs of the broken weld to
neubach.blauedonau.com/~terrylr/weld/

i have checked the link from several different networks and the link does
work.

On Fri, 23 Jun 2017, terry l. ridder wrote:

> hello
>
> I did post photographs of the broken weld in my first post on the 
> subject.
> the photographs were uploaded to my web server on my linux laptop.
> birnbaum.blauedonau.com/terrylr/ or
> 204.238.34.132/terrylr/
>
> there appears to be an issue with 'birnbaum.blauedonau.com' dns
>
> there are three photographs listed.
> the photographs are self-explanatory.
>

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terry l. ridder ><>
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