AndrewOC Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 Hi everyone, thought this may be of interest, what I got up to yesterday. The cast iron 'plate' is about 1 foot square and 1 inch thick. Weld prep is single sided 'U', filler rod 'super silicon' cast iron rod, Oxy-acetylene process. shall see how it turns out tomorrow when we uncover from ash mound. (fingers crossed!) AndrewOC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jreed Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 So how did this turn out for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewOC Posted December 27, 2010 Author Share Posted December 27, 2010 Hi Jreed, Thanks for the follow up reminder. I should take more pics and post. The joint appeared ok after i ground it flush and then we crack tested it with some dye-penetrant tester; shows up hair lines! We think this is probably lack of fusion between the original surface and where i hurriedly ran the last pass. Am thinking of grinding it out, pre-heating over the forge and stuffing in more filler metal... or maybe just leave it. New pics will probably take a while, thanks for the interest. A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jreed Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Cool. I have just started to really look into learning to weld and have been learning a lot from all here. I saw this and was curious how it had turned out for you. I hadn't seen a lot of folks doing cast iron I look forward to seeing the update pic's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norseman C.B. Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Hi Jreed, Thanks for the follow up reminder. I should take more pics and post. The joint appeared ok after i ground it flush and then we crack tested it with some dye-penetrant tester; shows up hair lines! We think this is probably lack of fusion between the original surface and where i hurriedly ran the last pass. Am thinking of grinding it out, pre-heating over the forge and stuffing in more filler metal... or maybe just leave it. New pics will probably take a while, thanks for the interest. A. Just a bit of advice I've found that peening the weld after each pass releives the stress that causes hairline cracks and cracks in general, cast can be fussy stuff have fun .........C.B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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