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Post by jakesrocks on May 15, 2010 23:00:02 GMT -5
Your welder is certified in modern and exotic metals then ? We're talking old school welding and materials here. Not many people spend the time to learn the proper way to weld cast iron in this throw away society that we live in. I grew up in a time when people couldn't afford to throw away cast iron parts, and replace them with new. I've seen Model A Ford and flathead V8's welded by the process that I mentioned. And in fact, I know of one of those engines that is still being used. The cast iron in those engines is the same basic cast iron that was used in Highland Park saws, and is still being used in saws today. Don
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Post by cpdad on May 15, 2010 23:17:17 GMT -5
he's only 72.....and a preacher that is going to marry me on sept 4.....i have younger certified welders also......i am a machine shop supervisior....29 years of it so far...... kinda weird i keep major plants running.....but yet cant figure out a little vise thingy ;D....kev.
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riverbendlapidary
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Post by riverbendlapidary on May 16, 2010 13:50:02 GMT -5
This happened to my 12" HP. I just ground off the remaining part of the "ear" and made an "L" shaped bracket out of flat steel stock that I bolted to the side of the vise. Didn't take very long, just had to heat the steel and beat it in a bench vise to get the proper angle, cut to size and bolted it to the vise. Works just like new.
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