[SEL] Cast iron repair

[George Best]

I know a guy who had some engine parts fabricated.  The person doing the
fabricating used a needle scaler to give the parts some texture and the
results looked very good.

WAIT George 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of 
> Andy Glines
> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 11:02 AM
> To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
> Subject: [SEL] Cast iron repair
> 
> The repair I'm doing is actually for my steam engine but it 
> seems like an appropriate subject for the engine list.  I 
> have a couple of broken or cracked castings to be repaired.  
> I can braze to do the repair but the repaired area sticks out 
> like a sore thumb next to the original surface which is quite 
> rough and pitted.  For the repair I ground a V where the 
> crack was and also the surrounding area to shiny metal,  
> After brazing I ground the brass flush with the base metal.  
> Using a ball peen hammer, punches, & my needle scaler I 
> attempted to recreate the pits in the cast iron.  Things went 
> pretty well.  I may need to beat on it a little more to 
> camoflage the repair.  Has anyone else doen this?  How did you do it?
> 
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