Author Topic: My Wife called me... (Read 7632 times)

Doug R. Hoffman · « **on:** September 03, 2017, 10:18:19 PM »

while she was on her daily walk around the country lane, said some new people had moved into a house on the lane, that there was a big cast iron POT at the driveway with a "FREE to GOOD HOME sign on it. Since she knows my desire to collect CI at a good price, decided she would let me know. 5 Minutes later ( after confirming with the owner ) I tossed the following (pics ) into the back of the PU. Big crack, but it is obviously an old kettle that deserves some TLC, so will brush and clean it, probably just paint it, will put some bolted cross supports on the crack, but open to all suggestions and sme idea of its background???

C. Perry Rapier · « **Reply #1 on:** September 04, 2017, 05:28:07 PM »

I don't mean to be mean, but I'd take it back. If the owner wanted to do all of that stuff to try to put that piece back on its feet I'd let them, but I sure would not do it, its not worth it. IMO of course

Keith Rumgay · « **Reply #2 on:** September 04, 2017, 05:50:47 PM »

Doug
I would drill a 3/8 to 1/2 inch hole at the end of the crack and a bolt a 1/2" wide by 3" long plate just under the eye where it starts then 3 or 4 more holes in the bottom for drains and plant flowers in it No Clean up or Paint Just good old Pacific North West Patina
Keith

Spurgeon Hendrick · « **Reply #3 on:** September 04, 2017, 09:01:23 PM »

I normally cringe when I see cast iron used as a flower pot, but that might be the only fate left for this one. And I say "might" because I would explore every option before resigning it to the flower bed.

First, I would clean it up as best as I could. Who knows, after you clean it up, you might find another use for it. Maybe bring it indoors, put a table top on it and make a card table out of it. Or a TV stand. Or make it into a cool storage bin for all the junk in the mud room. Endless possibilities!

Kudos on a great find.

Doug R. Hoffman · « **Reply #4 on:** September 04, 2017, 10:39:21 PM »

Well, being as I am RETIRED, and IT WAS FREE, a little elbow grease for clean-up, and some minor repairs to arrest that crack ( thanks keith for the end of the crack drill hole - forgot that little piece of engineering knowledge ). I don't for-see anything more than planter/yard art, BUT Come-On , PERRY, I'll get $35+ for it at my annual garage sale next summer, plus I get to admire it for a year... see how easy I am to keep occupied!
Two gate marks on the bottom, and the number??? odd size ring ends on the eyes, anybody with foundry/age details just to satisfy my curiosity???

Doug R. Hoffman · « **Reply #5 on:** September 04, 2017, 10:51:53 PM »

Thks for the great ideas Spurgeon, really started me thinking... coat tree base, swivel TV stand is real possibility, or how about a base for a Cast Iron pot and pan hanging tree???

Dwayne Henson · « **Reply #6 on:** September 05, 2017, 06:58:02 PM »

Do you know a good welder that owes you a favor?

C. Perry Rapier · « **Reply #7 on:** September 05, 2017, 07:55:03 PM »

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Do you know a good welder that owes you a favor?

As many years as I have been involved in cast iron cookware I have always HEARD about cast iron cookware welders BUT, I have never seen a welded piece nor have I EVER met a cast iron cookware welder. They are like elves. Everybody talks about them, everybody knows there are there, but you just never see them. OR you hear about a man that knew a man that knew a man that knew a cast iron welder's brother. But that's as close as I ever got.

Dwayne Henson · « **Reply #8 on:** September 05, 2017, 10:29:55 PM »

I have a guy down the street that can weld cast iron. He put a handle back on a Sidney 11.

Doug R. Hoffman · « **Reply #9 on:** September 05, 2017, 10:42:29 PM »

Just reading on how to weld CI brought $ signs floating across my eyes.. have several friends who were professional welders and I dont even want to ask them... just going to band it and give my creative inspiration time to work... say, 10-15 yrs.. Halloween coming up, some dry ice and a witch stirring the pot on the front walk...Hmmmm.

Susan Salsburg · « **Reply #10 on:** September 11, 2017, 10:51:18 AM »

Don't know why this is always such a mystery! No one ever believes me. Find a good car restoration or racing shop. They weld very expensive engine blocks all the time. The block in my 1961 Jaguar had a chunk broken out, fixed for $75 & I'm still racing it. Actually "weld" isn't the right word, "brazing" would be more correct. My race shop put a handle back on a Erie skillet & only a fine line of the brazing shows. Also the hinge on a waffle iron. I touch it up with high-temp paint about once a year, because I cook with it & my hand wears off the paint. For display, a fine line of paint over the braze would last fine. I'd have that pot looking pretty on my front porch in a heartbeat!

C. Perry Rapier · « **Reply #11 on:** September 11, 2017, 07:10:25 PM »

Hello Susan. You are very fortunate to have access to a welder who can do all the wonderful things you describe in welding. A person who can do all this is rare indeed. Good for you. ME, I have never seen a person who can do all of that. I guess they just know how to weld where you are from.

Valerie Johnson · « **Reply #12 on:** September 11, 2017, 09:14:43 PM »

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I guess they just know how to weld where you are from.

Now Perry...We know how to do a lot of things up here in South Jersey...now that doesn't sound quite right...up here in south Jersey...oh well you get the idea. :P

Susan Salsburg · « **Reply #13 on:** September 11, 2017, 09:17:09 PM »

Check with the local speed shop. Not as esoteric as you all assume.

Doug R. Hoffman · « **Reply #14 on:** September 11, 2017, 11:14:20 PM »

Susan

Your info on having a " Speed Shop" weld it sounds absolutely rock solid, and I will look into it. The fact the you still race a 61 Jaguar however gives away the " method of your madness"!

C. Perry Rapier · « **Reply #15 on:** September 12, 2017, 10:34:50 AM »

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Check with the local speed shop. Not as esoteric as you all assume.

OH yea, SURE, 'the local speed shop' ;D

Jerry Cermack · « **Reply #16 on:** September 12, 2017, 10:52:28 AM »

In my other life when I worked, I had Maintenance men who welded a variety of broken or cracked Cast iron parts on various machinery that worked very well.

www.lincolnelectric.com/en-us/support/welding-how-to/Pages/cracks-cast-iron-detail.aspxwww.lincolnelectric.com/en-us/support/welding-how-to/Pages/welding-cast-iron-detail.aspx

http://www.lincolnelectric.com/en-us/support/welding-how-to/Pages/cracks-cast-iron-detail.aspx

Susan Salsburg · « **Reply #17 on:** September 12, 2017, 11:35:13 AM »

What's the deal Perry? You live in a town with no fast cars? You're not that far from Eldora Speedway and Lockwood up in Celina has a good rep. I can just see you in a pretty little dirt car with Wags logos.

C. Perry Rapier · « **Reply #18 on:** September 12, 2017, 11:44:14 AM »

Funny thing about Eldora Susan. I knew the man that owed Eldora. But I never went there to a race. Now that man has died and Tony Stewart owns the place. I guess I'm just not a 'motor head'. I'm sure we have people around here who can weld cast iron and such, but I surely don't know of any such person.

Terry Wharton · « **Reply #19 on:** September 12, 2017, 12:29:36 PM »

Here's a gas weld on a goose-necked bottom-gated that I gave $5.00 for at a blazing hot country auction on a hillside (with all the CI laid out on two hay wagons). Back in the day, Dad, his brother, and a family friend all ran inline Chevy's with split manifolds, so somebody was blocking them off.

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