[SEL] Cast iron repair

[Don & Kay Fleming]

Andy

I had a hole about 1" X 2" in an engine head.  A friend brazed in a piece of 
cast iron to fill in the hole. We ground it smooth and then sand blasted the 
area.  After painting you will be hard pressed to find the repair.

Don Fleming
Kipling, Sk. Canada
<d.fleming at sasktel.net>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Glines" <andyglines at hotmail.com>
To: <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 1:01 PM
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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