Martin, Thank you for the reply and valuable information.
I will contact "Kent quick weld service" and inquire about their services and prices. For your address book = *Quick Service Welding & Machine Co* *117 E Summit St* *Kent OH 44240* *330.673.3818* Locktite products are worth checking out too. Not sure if the new seams along the break line would withstand the torque created by the 3/4hp motor that drives the planetary gears in the mixer. You can watch the project develop at SH sometime after the 15th of January. I will be moving the pieces to SH where it will stay until I can get it welded, rewired, repainted, and tested. For the final test of the repaired mixer, I might make a big batch of dough - enough for a 60in pizza to feed everybody at a Tuesday meeting. Of course, everybody will have to bring their own toppings. I am sure Devin and Craig and Alex can rig up some method to cook it. Flamethrower? Lasers? Philip On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 10:39 PM, Martin Pinkston <[email protected]>wrote: > Kent quick weld service could probably handle the welding but it would > cost you some bucks. > > The other option might be taking a close look into a Loctite product. > They have adhesives which when applied correctly, any failure will occur > beyond the glued joint at the parent metal. > And if you are able to install a few strategically located steel dowel > pins, you may be able to minimize stress at the joint making a glued joint > more practical. > > Take Care & Have fun Always. > Martin Pinkston > > On Dec 30, 2013, at 13:10, "Philip P. Patnode" <[email protected]> wrote: > > *Does anybody know how to repair broken cast iron?* > > Can cast iron be welded? > > Can cast iron be repaired with an adhesive? > > Details = > > I recently acquired a broken Thunderbird 20-qt commercial dough > maker/mixer. It is a table top appliance that is used in a commercial > bakery to make dough or mix large batches of bread dough or cake/cookie/pie > dough. > > <thunderbird_planetary_mixer.jpg> > > The previous owner, a Certified Level 3 Moron, dropped the 225 lb unit off > a work table when he was trying to move it to another location by himself. > The top part of the mixer broke off. I cut the internal wiring to enable > me to move the unit in two large pieces to my storage unit in hopes of > eventually repairing the mixer. > > <01-cast_iron_repair_63(sm).jpg> <02-cast_iron_repair_64(sm).jpg> > > If anybody at SH can help me with this repair project, I will be happy to > *fully > reimburse them for all expendables* used in the repair. I will also > thank the person who helps me with the repair with *a full-course dinner, > as a token reward,* at Macaroni Grill or Outback Steakhouse or House of > Hunan. > > The repair project - cast iron repair and rewiring - will be done at SH > as one of my personal DIY projects. > > When repaired and functional again, I plan to donate the mixer to a local > non-profit organization that provides monthly meals to the needy families > and homeless people. > > In case you are wondering, the value of a similar, used, working mixer is > about $1250. A new one costs $1925 plus about $175 for freight shipping, a > total of $2100. > > Thanks in advance for any help available, whether just technical advice or > welding expertise or merely a suggestion. > > Philip > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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