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Reply #10 - Aug 4^th, 2011 at 7:34pm

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I cooked for 100 at a 50th birthday over the weekend..
Used my 20" 2 x 14" 2 x 12 "
Borrowed a mates 15" and the birthday boy's 12" chinese.
The 12" chinese was on the nose as a reult of excess oil in the pot for far too long a period.

Decided to burn it off over a hot section of coals for about 10 miutes.
then to brush out the pot and lightly oil to start cooking a curry.

Before i got it off the coals. dirty big vertical crack in the cast iron.
In the bin it went after i finished doing rice in it.

Will post photos of the pots in action when I get the CD from the photographer.

Aart

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Reply #11 - Aug 4^th, 2011 at 9:21pm

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I'd feel pretty gutted too Grump, that's a serious crack. Although I've never used it I've often wondered about J-B Weld repair, comes in 2 pack and claims to be good in repairing cracks in cast iron etc and can withstand temps up to 500 deg F. Check eBay.

pd

When I die I hope my missus doesn't sell my camp ovens for what I told her I paid for them. pd

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Reply #12 - Aug 5^th, 2011 at 12:11pm

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PD
i looked in to J B weld & they said
not to use on cooking pot's. Sad

But this may be wrong, it may be
just someone else's opinion. I just
googled it.

Daryl

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Reply #13 - Aug 5^th, 2011 at 1:59pm

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I will see my scrappy mate tomorrow for some donor cast iron.
Time to practice some braze welding; did someone mention Eutectic 680 rods??... or I will see my neighbour.
Damn, I wish Cliff was still with us. He was a magic boilermaker engineer.

This episode has prompted me. I am going to treat my Falkirk with more respect and take extra care with it. I now have it stored inside a cut down heavy wall plastic detergent drum and that works well.

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Reply #14 - Aug 5^th, 2011 at 4:22pm

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grump wrote on Aug 5^th, 2011 at 1:59pm:

I am going to treat my Falkirk with more respect

LOL Grump, I don't take any of my better pots on the road, I usually take an 11" Harding with a 9" Chinese oven without legs which fits neatly inside it and carry them in a specially made box, OK so far.
Re welding with Eutectic rods is probably the way I'd go, my son brazed up a cracked Metters oven for me and while he did a beautiful job it still leaked, as fast as he fixed one crack another appeared, all to do with expansion and contraction.
Just for interest, I have a couple of old ovens that were repaired many years ago before the sophisticated welding equipment available now and whoever did the work was a magician, the welds are hardly noticeable.

pd

When I die I hope my missus doesn't sell my camp ovens for what I told her I paid for them. pd

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Reply #15 - Aug 5^th, 2011 at 7:02pm

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grump wrote on Aug 5^th, 2011 at 1:59pm:

did someone mention Eutectic 680 rods??..

G,day grump,
I hope you dont have to pay for them,great rods for dissimilar metals and other apps,but cost a fortune and I,ve never seen them in "handy packs".
I dont know if they would be my first choice for a job like that on an old castiron.Just my opinion,fwiw.
cheers George

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Reply #16 - Aug 6^th, 2011 at 8:05am

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Hey George.

I was quoted $25 for a pack of 10 Eutectic 680 2.5mm. Seems cheap as the last two 3.2 I bought cost $6 each(??). I used those to weld up a insert for the flypress wheel and found them nice and buttery(?) to use.
If this is a goer then it will be entrusted to someone who knows how to weld. That is not me...

George, what would be your preference about the correct rods and method ? Besides giving it to the scrappy Wink

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