Nice..i just welded up a broken hand wheel for my vertical mill and watched your video to get a feel for it (and others) thanks for taking the time to make it ..mine came out good as well.. ... I also enjoy a Corona from time to time. cheers!
I can only pick you on one point. On such a small piece, I would not have ground so much parent metal out. The fill looked way too big, perhaps even twice too big.
This was wonderful, thank you so much for putting this together, it really shows a lot of details of the process. Glad that you detailed the 'torch flick' to keep the cast iron from melting, and how you were working the seam outside in, I learned a lot. Did I detect that you are also watching the 'texture' of the brass filler, keeping the working puddle no more runny than honey?
Watching the puddle is key, when it cools slightly it looks wrinkly as it solidifies. Once heated again it turns fluid and very smooth. At that point is like as you say thick like honey but I heat it more and it will get thinner and lay down in the groove.
Hi Papa, enjoyed the vid! However, I don’t think you ever showed what you really did with that Silicon mold. Certainly, you did not stamp the metal with it. Nor flow brazing metal into it. So I really don’t know what you did with it. Maybe used it to surface some Bondo? I don’t think you ever say, or if you do, it was so fast I missed it. Otherwise, nice repair job and thanks for sharing.
