Screwdriver
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The real deal, actual wrought iron™ which (so far as I am concerned) is basically - iron!
I am exasperated searching YouTube where the whole world seems to think wrought iron refers to a process rather than the grade of metal. I defy anyone to find a video of welding wrought iron. Even the Wrought iron channel, run by wrought iron co. ltd. welding 'wrought iron' gates in a video titled "welding wrought iron" is actually using steel...
I understand my broken post leg vice was manufactured with forged wrought iron body, welded to steel insert jaws. The earlier ones would have been forge welded but that's out of the question for my level of competence (and equipment).
I will be re-posting a thread about the repair itself but it's going well and I am still fiddling about with a video, just starting to think about how to weld it. I think I'm going stick though I do have a 250A TIG and a 180 MIG if that's better/easier/recommended.
The plan is to clean everything up, put in some deep chamfers and maybe drill out the (broken) screws and plug weld those too. Received wisdom tells me I should heat the whole thing up first, peen the weld as I go along and cool it slowly when done.
This is the offending part:
What say you?
I am exasperated searching YouTube where the whole world seems to think wrought iron refers to a process rather than the grade of metal. I defy anyone to find a video of welding wrought iron. Even the Wrought iron channel, run by wrought iron co. ltd. welding 'wrought iron' gates in a video titled "welding wrought iron" is actually using steel...
I understand my broken post leg vice was manufactured with forged wrought iron body, welded to steel insert jaws. The earlier ones would have been forge welded but that's out of the question for my level of competence (and equipment).
I will be re-posting a thread about the repair itself but it's going well and I am still fiddling about with a video, just starting to think about how to weld it. I think I'm going stick though I do have a 250A TIG and a 180 MIG if that's better/easier/recommended.
The plan is to clean everything up, put in some deep chamfers and maybe drill out the (broken) screws and plug weld those too. Received wisdom tells me I should heat the whole thing up first, peen the weld as I go along and cool it slowly when done.
This is the offending part:
What say you?