Back in the day before arc welding became common, old foundrymen would put the two broken halves into silica sand, dig a channel in the sand leading to the broken spot, and then pour molten iron into the channel. The liquid iron would fuse the two halves back together.
Now that's welding!
Sometimes we overthink this stuff...
Bluedawg

Last edited by BlueDawg; 09/28/2008 9:50 PM.

Bluedawg

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