cast iron repair

[TheRealWorld]

Fried1765 You would be amazed to what the small portable welding companies can do, you might look for one to come to you place and weld it up. Get an idea on price first!

 

[pmsmechanic]

I have an antique wood stove with a very thin C.I. door.
Is it likely that those ArcTec 223 rods would work?
I would not attempt it, but could perhaps ship it to someone who could do a proper weld repair.
C.I. is only about 1/4"- 3/8" thick.

Yes it would. They weld similar to a Lincoln 7018 A/C rod on an A/C welder. Kind of sticky but flow nice once you get them going. I use a piece of scrap metal on the welding table and warm them up a bit before moving onto fussy welding. I would use a 3/32 rod.

 

[Reb954]

Be sure to drill a small hole at the end of the crack before welding or brazing. Otherwise the crack keep going.

 

[fried1765]

Be sure to drill a small hole at the end of the crack before welding or brazing. Otherwise the crack keep going.

Oh yes!
I am very familiar with stop drilling,..... from history in the aviation community.

I just need to find the right guy to do the repair, and ship the small C.I. door to him.

 

[Rebeldad1]

Do you have an address/phone number for that shop?

Cast Iron Repair Specialist Inc
16129 Smokey Point Blvd, Marysville, WA 98271
Phone: (360) 657-7660
You wont be disappointed he does very nice work

 

[fried1765]

Cast Iron Repair Specialist Inc
16129 Smokey Point Blvd, Marysville, WA 98271
Phone: (360) 657-7660
You wont be disappointed he does very nice work

Thank you!
I will contact him.

 

[Rebeldad1]

Thank you!
I will contact him.

take a couple pics and ask for a number to send them to. Then he can give you a much better estimate on the repair and time to do it.

 

[PILOON]

Be sure to drill a small hole at the end of the crack before welding or brazing. Otherwise the crack keep going.

Yep! that's called 'stop drilling'.
In aviation that was common practice on skins and plexiglass windshields as well.

I also found it worked well on my damaged car plastic bumper shield.

 

[fried1765]

take a couple pics and ask for a number to send them to. Then he can give you a much better estimate on the repair and time to do it.

Thanks again!

 

[drivesitfar]

ALL: I've seen some repairs made to some big vises by the owner of CAST IRON REPAIR about an hour north of SEATTLE and OMG that guy does a great job.

if you do want to braze something yourself yes heating it up and either sticking in sand or wrapping in a heat blanket are good ideas. another option is to heat up your project in the BBQ, weld it, then put back in the BBQ and lower the temp inside your BBQ.