OneGuyFromBarlick

Heres a bit of a guide of welding cast iron

Welding cast iron

Just a pointer guys,if welding cast iron you gonna have to get the cast iron upto a certain temp then start welding while its at that temp

Big Kev wrote:Anyone comfortable welding cast iron?

a guy at gissing lonsdale did a bit of cast welding for me
paul his name i think

@ plaques
yes i see him every weekend to see if he has anything for me

but thanks any how

Pity I binned in a wheelie bin a fair proportion of tools that had got left in the damp - I've passed others on elsewhere, and have more still to clean up, they wont fit the lathe though, sorry for that. a shame i didnt become a member sooner just a small update ive been given a couple of tool hold...

you be no good if you had the runs lol
is the guy waring dealer boots ??? i hope hey not leather soled or his feet be slipping of the rungs

also i admire the late fred dibnah,i met him when i was about 10 years old,he came to my junior school

ok ive spent a few hours reading thru shed matters 1 and 2 over the past couple of nights,and i am amazed by your talent, stanley also i love your workshop,more or less a mini engineering shop,also everything you do is in imperial measurements a bit like good old fashioned engineering like in the ol...

heres my version of a eectrolisis bath for stanle and others who want to de-rust things without harming the part and enviorment plastic bin (big enough to cover the part completely) 4 steel rods or plate some copper wire another steel rod some washing soda ( i use oxichem ) 1 scoop to a gallon of wa...

thanks for your input stanley,it much aprriciated the electrolisis idea i found via google,someone made one to de-rust some old tools,handsaws,hammers,machinists vice. i thought i try it and i was surprised how it work,took the old paint off like nobodys bussiness,and de-rusted everything when i jet...

thanks again bud much appreciated

i did come across that about uploading to the gallery after i posted
thanks

happy belated birthday pal
i hope you had a brill day

thanks for the welcome

the forum will only let me upload 5 pictures so heres some more
as i said earlier any comments are most welcomed

hi all,ive been reffered here by a freecycle member who says you could help me out ( i hope) im after either retired or working engineers,ive been given a vintage grayson lathe http://www.lathes.co.uk/grayson/index.html on a condition,the condition is that i restore it to what it was before when it ...

hi all just joined,after being reffered here from freecycle member, to help with my quest. my name is dave and im currently restoring a vintage grayson lathe,for an old guy who gave it to me on a condition,the condition is that i restore this lathe back to what it was before.the old guy was gonna do...