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[papasmurf]

Remade in India. Interesting welding at the start:-

[stinkwheel]

Pretty sure that "welding" is actually brazing/soldering. Quite poorly done. Once you've "blobbed" it on like that, it can be smoothed out with a flat bladed screwdriver then flashed with the flame to get penetration. Better surface prep. and it wouldn't have taken so many goes to get it to stick. I do have trouble getting enough heat into the piece though. Setting a conventional blowlamp generally warming the whole area while you use a more concentrated flame on the specific bit to be soldered helps.



It's something it's perfectly possible for the home mechanic to do with a bit of practice. You can buy the rods in B&Q.



I even managed to solder a couple of red bull cans together to make a mini alcohol stove using the stuff.

[Alan R]

Hi guys-------that video has been shown on here previously....I thought he was using the wrong end of an Arc Welding rod !!........Might have been Stellite.. we used that to hard-surface the steel shoe in Speedway and Grass Track racing........... I wouldn't worry about it as the firm has gone bust !!-------> --------->
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lohia_Machinery

[PeteF]

Another vote for lumiweld. Great stuff for this kind of repair.

[stinkwheel]

Since this came to the top again, it reminds me to mention. However you're repairing it, don't forget to drill a "stop hole" at the end of the crack top prevent further propogation.



The stuff I have isn't actually lumiweld. It's called durafix. Great stuff to use.