BC Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 I am presently restoring a farm steel yard ( weighing machine) which belonged to my late uncle since i did not have the heart to scrap it or sell it so I though it will do as a garden ornament. When I collected it I was just myself and since to heavy for a one man lift I dismantled it and put it in the trailer in 3 separate bits. Unfortunately a small piece of cast broke on route. Now I have in the past had pieces of cast welded in the past with nickel rods and I have heard you can braze cast as well. This piece is really quite small and by the the you v eed out for a weld or braze I don't think the end result might look all that good. I wondering if cleaned up in my shot blast cabinet I could use something like the good old "two pack" Araldite. Any ideas or thoughts please. This is the other one I don't think it will be under much stress and I won't be using it for weighing up to it capacity of 3 cwt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roberthenning Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 As far as i know you can get cast welding rods for an arc welder, theyre quite expensive, but 1 or 2 rods would sort that out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Definately weld it with low hydrogen/Nickel rods, (or even a mig with care) I certainly wouldn't try and use Araldite or any likewise product on it as it won't last, thats if it even holds to start with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted December 23, 2012 Author Share Posted December 23, 2012 Yes I have had nickel rods welded by my blacksmith's the Nicol's (No pun intended) and they were not cheap...but hey ho if you want a job done right you have to pay for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted December 24, 2012 Author Share Posted December 24, 2012 (edited) Thanks for the responses Robert and Gav....a visit to my blacksmith is required me thinks. Edited December 24, 2012 by BC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 Welding be the best answer Bill, if the casting was deeper in depth then a series of dowels in the joint would have added extra strength, a method that i've used before on cast items at work. Sometimes when parts are obsolete then you've got no option to make do and mend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted December 24, 2012 Author Share Posted December 24, 2012 Thanks Paul ...good idea on the dowels had it been a wider piece of cast...yes I suppose the chances of finding a replacement part on Ebay would be like trying to find the proverbial hen's tooth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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