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Vent: My old coal forge firepot cracked clean through on a big gate hinge job
It happened last Tuesday while I was working on a set of heavy strap hinges for a barn gate. I had a full bed of coke going, maybe 1800 degrees, when I heard a sharp pop. The cast iron firepot, which came with my shop when I bought it fifteen years ago, had a three-inch crack running up the side. I had to shut everything down, let it cool, and finish the heat with my small propane forge, which took twice as long. Has anyone else had a firepot fail, and is it worth trying to weld cast iron that old or should I just replace the whole unit?
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milacarr6mo ago
That sounds like a total nightmare, man.
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morganm696mo ago
Yeah, it really was. I just had to shut everything down and start over from scratch, one piece at a time. Found the one broken setting that was messing it all up, took forever. Sometimes you just gotta go back to the start, you know?
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umac716mo ago
Tell me about it. Sounds like my entire week. At least you found the broken thing, that's a win.
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