[modeleng] Re: Cast Iron Coolant
- From: "JESSE LIVINGSTON" <fernj1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 03:36:36 -0500
> Hi All,
>
> I seem to remember from my long ago Apprentice days that you do not grind
> Cast Iron if you are going to weld it because somehow the grind wheel
causes
> a change in the metal surface by putting impurities into the surface.
> If you do grind off the worse of the metal to form a bevel or such, it
> should then be dressed with a File to take of the affected surface.
>
> Regards
>
> Clif
Clif, I never heard of that over here in y'all's ex-colony. Always we use
grinders to dress for welding or brazing cast iron. Maybe someone got an
"Urban Myth" started and it is still around.??
Jesse in the States
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