Re: Preaching is easier than practicing

["Allan Ericson" <lowvolt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Excellent post, John. Well presented lesson. The teacher in you continues to
manifest itself.

-Allan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hofstetter" <hofs@domain.elided>
To: "T.R.E. Jr." <T_R_E_Jr@domain.elided>
Cc: "Jim or Ginger Aos" <jaos@domain.elided>; "IHC Digest"
<IHC-Digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 2:34 PM
Subject: Preaching is easier than practicing


> 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