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Originally Posted by flatheadmurre
Whatever way you go a good pre/post heating owen is needed.
I tigweld cast iron imho the best control of the weld.
Lots of new nice filler materials available including mig wire if you want to speed things up adding lots of material.
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Well, I've read/heard lots, where topic was ...'how to weld cast iron without pre-heating. Hard for a neophyte to know what is best. But, to me is seems that pre-heating is logical way to go ?
Several ol timers on the HAMB have told me about 'Stitch n Lock' in Turlock, Ca. Studied their web and found that they have pre-heat furnace, etc. They were not encouraging , stating that heating something like a cast iron head involves such HIGH heat as to warp surfaces and at best, may need to have re-machined....if it is not ruined
They reiterated that cast iron must be 'patched' with cast iron and that ANY other type previous repair(brass/Nichol, etc..my situation) will not be handled by them !