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Welding cast iron parts

Postby Denny » Sun Apr 23, 2017 9:03 am

I am in need of a welder who can weld back this claw part that makes the reels spin. The last person to weld this part used solder that was like lead. You can bend the solder with your fingers. Also I have a part referred to as the dog in need of welding. Only half is shown in the pic the other half still on the machine.
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Re: Welding cast iron parts

Postby Richard13 » Sun Apr 23, 2017 9:30 am

The first part looks to be mild steel. Try your local
Muffler shop they could probably do that for a $5 little Caeser
Pizza. The other one looks cast will probably need to be brazed
Up then ground down and re drilled. If you were local we could
Do both in 15 minutes, 20 if I needed to use the drill press. Look on
Your local Craigslist for a welding service.
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Re: Welding cast iron parts

Postby oldslotman » Sun Apr 23, 2017 11:05 am

Here is a picture of a dog that I have. Don't know if this is the one you need but you maybe able to reshape it to work. Free if you need one.
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Re: Welding cast iron parts

Postby Denny » Sun Apr 23, 2017 2:19 pm

Oldslotman,
The dog part is off a 1920's mills operator bell. Is the one pictured off a mills?
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Re: Welding cast iron parts

Postby oldslotman » Sun Apr 23, 2017 3:14 pm

Yes it is,I believe. Mills Pace and Jennings were all very similar but I believe this is a Mills. Be happy to mail you one. I have a few.
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Re: Welding cast iron parts

Postby Denny » Mon Apr 24, 2017 8:55 am

Richard and Oldslotman I've sent you a PM.
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Re: Welding cast iron parts

Postby Richard13 » Thu May 04, 2017 8:39 pm

Here you go all welded up. I'll mail it back in the morning. Tomorrow I'm going to try and braze or nickel weld the busted
mechanism in the Jennings Peacock fed ex almost destroyed and re glue the entire case.

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Re: Welding cast iron parts

Postby Denny » Fri May 05, 2017 10:53 am

Thanks Richard!

Sorry to hear about the damage on the jennings peacock by fed ex.
I'm sure you will get it up and running in no time.
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Re: Welding cast iron parts

Postby Denny » Tue May 09, 2017 12:42 pm

Received the welded part yesterday and put it back on the machine. Works great!
Thanks for your help Richard. Wished you lived closer I have some machines that need some work.
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