Tab,
Actually, I was talking about stress in the part but hey, who can argue
with your impeccable logic?!
>>> Tab Julius <tab@penworks.com> 11/05/99 01:42PM >>>
I've found in general that beating objects with hammers does reduce
stress,
so this sounds like a valid solution!
At 01:20 PM 11/5/99 -0600, William Eastman wrote:
>
>snip
>We used to weld a lot of cast iron at our machine shop. Use a normal
>arc welder and nickel rod. The key is to beat the weld with a hammer
>during the cooling process to reduce residual stresses. Otherwise
you
>will get another crack near the original.
>snip
Regards,
Bill
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