Its a10inch with the most beautiful spider web crack across the bottom. I have been welding cast for about 40 yearsbut have never tried the bottom of a skillet before..........should i drill each crack? or just weld i have different sizes of ni-rod not sure which way to go with this one. any ideas??
…… Cast Iron Skillet
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I've only welded good cast iron by first grinding a V in the crack. Carefully so I don't make it worse. Also slightly drill carefully at the end of the crack, no deeper than the V cut I do with a thin grinding wheel.
Then I heat the whole pan/cast iron piece up with the acteylene/oxygen rose bud the best I can and then use peterson flux #1 blue and heat the brass brazing rod then dip in flux while wiping more flux into V with rod, then fill in the V by brazing the brass rod into the crack. Then do it again or until it's a bit higher than the finish surface. Then let cool and grind smooth.
We have a excellent old Wagner 10" that I'm just sure, someone used silver to fill in some pits on the inside of the pan. So I don't see why one couldn't use a silver solder as well.
But the brass rod (about 3/16 thick,) seems to work great when I braze old cast iron stove parts.
Then I heat the whole pan/cast iron piece up with the acteylene/oxygen rose bud the best I can and then use peterson flux #1 blue and heat the brass brazing rod then dip in flux while wiping more flux into V with rod, then fill in the V by brazing the brass rod into the crack. Then do it again or until it's a bit higher than the finish surface. Then let cool and grind smooth.
We have a excellent old Wagner 10" that I'm just sure, someone used silver to fill in some pits on the inside of the pan. So I don't see why one couldn't use a silver solder as well.
But the brass rod (about 3/16 thick,) seems to work great when I braze old cast iron stove parts.
i have brazed lots of cast kinda want to weld this one.........just have never had a spider web crack like this
Freeholder
This too shall pass.
Is there some sentimental reason for trying to save this pan? Because if not, I'd just look for a new one, or even better, a new used one. If you were close to me, I even have a pan near that size that I'd give you, because I'm not using it, and probably never will use it again.
Kathleen
Kathleen