Preaching is easier than practicing

[John Hofstetter <hofs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at 11:36  PM, T.R.E. Jr. wrote:

> ---Heating the cast is the trick. Thank you for your input Jim. I 
> would have
> thought that with all the talk about welding bench vises and other 
> things
> that I would have remembered to put that in my reply earlier.
It sometimes amazes me how much easier it is to tell others how to do 
things right, than to do things right.

To the best of my ability, I told you guys how to weld cast iron. Good 
information. Yesterday, I decided to weld up a crack in a cast iron 
heat distribution plate in my barbecue. The plate was manufactured with 
a lot of holes in it, and there was a crack running from hole to hole 
to hole.

I told myself that with the holes and the short distances between the 
holes, I could get away with just welding the small spaces with no 
preheating. I did just that and I had a good looking weld.

As I walked away from my welding bench to go some other task, I heard 
pop, pop, pop, pop.  As that sucker cooled, it broke every weld.

Oh well, want to know how to weld cast iron?

John Hofstetter