how do you fix Cast Iron pans?

[Eric G]

ya brad ive welded cast iron with oxy acyl torch and special rod and flux... it would work fine for the use you would have...it isnt as strong in my opinion but on frying pan it would not matter....

[Phil]

Hey guys
I have welded cast iron fairly successfully using cast iron rod,s flux, and by sitting the job to be welded in the forge fire, getting it slowly hot to a dull red and actually oxy welding the item still sitting in the forge, (keeping it hot) when you finish, turn the forge off, cover it over with coke and leave it to slowly go cold. The secret with cast iron weldiing is to get the whole thing hot and keep it hot while you weld it then let it all cool out together slowly and that is whether it is nickle rods, silicon braze or cast iron rod, or even using a buttering technique with nicklerods arc welded then finishing with mild steel mig or just mild steel stick.

You can only stuff it up.

Phil

[Ries]

not speaking australian, I have no idea if stuffing it up is a good thing or a bad thing, but I have welded a LOT of cast iron by tig welding with both nickel and silicon bronze with absolutely NO preheat or postheat, and it works just fine.
Depends, of course, on the part, and its future use- I am not talking engine blocks here, which I would send out to somebody who does post and preheat.
But blacksmith work, ornamental repairs, fixing low stress machine parts, and so on, work fine with a tig welder without fussing with gettin it hot and keeping it hot, especially thinner (1" and under) sections.

[Rob F]

I found this info years ago when I had an engine block with a crack in it. seemed good info at the time.
http://www.locknstitch.com/CastIronW...FeYZQgodYAwwMA

[Brad Roland]

I will forward this article, thanks for all the input, it's been very interesting to learn about cast iron and how it ... works ... lol. so now I also know if I want to spend the time to fix or just go buy a new one. hehe