[SEL] Cast iron repair

[Robert L. Holtzer]

I have used the needle scaler as you suggest.  It does reduce the shine 
considerable.  It won't make pits but in general looks much better than 
doing nothing!

Bob Holtzer

At 11:44 AM 3/14/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>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-----
> > From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com
> > [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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