RE: Fixing broken teeth on a gear?
 

he said that brass was the only thing he could use that would stick to the cast metal.

RE: Fixing broken teeth on a gear?
 

Brass and the old Heliarc. Did he heat the whole gear when he welded?

RE: Fixing broken teeth on a gear?
 

i' m pretty sure he heated the whole gear. there was rosin/flux all over it, and the gear seems to have taken on a slightly different color after i got it back. it could have just been the oil that burned off, i' m not sure.

RE: Fixing broken teeth on a gear?
 

Glad you got that geaar fixed. And happy I could point you in the right direction. I knew an old welder that, to make a pun, could weld just about anything but paper. Other welders used to go to him when they had a problem. I watched him operate a jig for making multiple parts while he was doing other projects. It was an educaztion to watch him.

Russ

RE: Fixing broken teeth on a gear?
 

PS. I also weld like I type.

russ