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Was being stupid, heard the crack and here it is:
Cast Iron, all the strength needed is in tension. The thread broken part is about 2" dia with a 1" center hole.
There is plenty of meat to it, I could probably expand the size of the bore and install a steel sleeve and then braze it back together?
It also would be quite doable to make the threaded section out of steel with a smaller diameter "tang" that was then pinned into an expanded bore in the bar.
The bar piece is too long for my lathe or mill, but have a friend or two with bigger machines that could help.
The threaded section has a grub screw in the part that threads on - there is quite a mangled spot where it's been tightened down over the ages. I could also clean that up / fix it as long as I need to rebuild it.
I got this antique years ago for free, so can't really complain, but annoyed at my stupidity in breaking by over clamping.
Looking for any suggestions, experience etc as to the best approach to rebuild it.
Cast Iron, all the strength needed is in tension. The thread broken part is about 2" dia with a 1" center hole.
There is plenty of meat to it, I could probably expand the size of the bore and install a steel sleeve and then braze it back together?
It also would be quite doable to make the threaded section out of steel with a smaller diameter "tang" that was then pinned into an expanded bore in the bar.
The bar piece is too long for my lathe or mill, but have a friend or two with bigger machines that could help.
The threaded section has a grub screw in the part that threads on - there is quite a mangled spot where it's been tightened down over the ages. I could also clean that up / fix it as long as I need to rebuild it.
I got this antique years ago for free, so can't really complain, but annoyed at my stupidity in breaking by over clamping.
Looking for any suggestions, experience etc as to the best approach to rebuild it.