http://www.locknstitch.com has one of the seemingly better types. Distinctly
different
then the plugs of old. I have never personally used either method.
Truthfully, I don't
even know if it can be done by a layperson.
An excellent source for experience with repairing cracked iron is a tractor
dealer, especially
a Ford one. Tractors are mostly iron, and they do break. They get welded,
pluged and
stitched on a regular basis. The reason I mentioned Ford is because back in
the old days
of poor metalurgy, Ford tractors were the most common machine being made,
outproducing
everyone else in the world, combined. So there's a heck of a lot of old Ford
tractors that
have been and are being repaired with fractured iron.
>>> Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca> 09/06 4:34 PM >>>
Nolan Penney wrote:
> Threaded stitch type inserts also work superbly for joining
> fractured iron.
I've seen this process and it's fascinating.
Where can a guy buy a few stitches to try this on
something old and cracked?
--
Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
ICQ #17432933 http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
"Before I came along, you were just another kid named after a cleanser."
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