Hey guys! I have to do a couple of repairs on some cast iron parts, and I just wanted to know what stainless steel stick electrode would work the best for my application? I'm welding a couple of spindles for the front end suspension on an older Honda. Any feed back appreciated, thanks.

Of course it's possible depending on the part and filler options you have or if willing to buy the needed fillers. Can you post pics of part and damage needing repair. The more details you can give us about part the better. Also is it exposed to high heat cycling and stress, is it just cosmetic rep...

Poland308 wrote:Are you going to stick weld it or tig it?

Most likely stick

jroark wrote:I've welded cast with stainless rods and while it cools you can peen it to reduce stress on the cast.

And what kind of stainless did you use? 309? 312?

Hey guys! I've got a customer who needs a cast iron part welded, and I wanted to know if would be able to tig weld it? Or if I would need to pull out the trusty buzz box! If I would be able to tig weld it, would it be just as strong of a weld as arc? And what would be the procedure to tig weld cast ...

hey guys, I've got a customer who need a cast iron part welded, and I want to know if you guys have any suggestions on how to weld it? I know that your gonna need a pre heat and let it cool very slowly, but that's about it. I've never really done any work with cast iron, so any ideas are welcome. Th...

Hey guys! I've got a miller spectrum 625 DC plasma cutter. It's about 4 or 5 years old now, and I've had it hooked up to my plasma cutting table running the PlasmaCam software. So the other day, I was cutting a part, and after cutting for about 1 minute, it just stopped cutting. After trying to rest...

Hey guys! I've got a miller spectrum 625 DC plasma cutter. It's about 4 or 5 years old now, and I've had it hooked up to my plasma cutting table running the PlasmaCam software. So the other day, I was cutting a part, and after cutting for about 1 minute, it just stopped cutting. After trying to rest...

Len, that would be great! Won't be able to get to the shop this weekend though, so it might not be until Monday. But I could definitely use some step my step help on it! Steve, it flows as soon as I switch the machine on, and doesn't stop flowing until I switch the machine off. So I'm not sure if it...

If it is the solenoid, where could I purchase one? And how hard would it be to install a new one?

Yeah, I got the pedal all disconnected and it still flows right when I switch it on. Could it be the gas valve?

Hey guys! I've got an old Lincoln water cooled IdealArc, and every time I turn the machine on, before I even initiate an arc or step on the floor pedal, it starts pumping out argon. Any ideas of what this could be and how I could fix it? I've got a normal 20 style torch on it.

Alright, I'll be sure to pick some up! Thanks for all of the info! Very helpful!

Would 308L work fine?

Hey guys! I've got a job that requires me to weld cast steel. I know it's not like welding cast iron where you need a pre heat and post heat and all the other preparation it requires, but would there be any other precautions I would need to take to ensure a proper weld and excellent strength?

Hey guys! Well should be pretty self explanatory by the title, but I was just wondering if you guys had any ideas for some beginners lathe/machining projects? Any ideas welcomed!

Yeah, I've heard about solar flux, does it work any good?

Just wondering if you guys have any tips for welding stainless steel without any gas backup? Or if there's some other type of way to get some type of coverage without purging. any tips are welcomed!

Hey guys, I've been thinking about making a small aluminum tag with a name engraved in it. Would I be able to laser engrave it in some way? If not, do you guys recommend anything to engrave it with?

Hey guys, I was thinking of some ideas for show projects, and so far I've made a wall mounted pull up bar, and a laundry cart/rack done. But I wanted to do a couple more things! Any ideas on some projects? Ive got about 2 months time to work, so any ideas are welcomed!

Ive though of sandblasting it all, but would there be anyway to go about polishing it after that?

yeah of course
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And yes, I want to find an acid or some type of liquid to get it all completely shiny. But the thing is, I want to get all inside of the rose and get all of it shiny, if there's any way to do that

Alright guys, so I made a couple of roses out of steel. Now the look I was going for was to completely Polish it, so I went about completely polishing every part before I welded it. But of course, by using a oxy-acetylene torch to shape the petals, it darkened, so I was wondering if I could go about...

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You guys think something like this would work?

Yeah, a Y shape would better describe what I'm going for. The only thing I'm stuck on, is how to get that Y shape out of the pipe? I was thinking of some sort of oval to round adapter kinda like the plate and "shell" idea you were talking about