If you have anything (cast iron) that needs repair, I would strongly suggest that you consider Cast Iron Mike in Marysville, WA (north of Seattle). He has been doing this for decades. I have seen evidence of him going three layers deep inside an old engine block, doing the repair, then coming back out and doing the successive repairs to the first and second layers. In one of my projects, I had a 1912 Buick engine block that earlier had been brazed back together. The entire side of the block had popped into nearly a dozen pieces due to freezing. He took it all apart, removed all the brazing material and then welded everything back together. He finishes smooth then stipples with a power tool to match the original finish. It was near impossible to spot any evidence of the extensive repairs. The reason for my bringing this up as a topic is that economic times are difficult and many of us here in the NW do not want to lose this resource. If you want to get some cast iron welding done but think... I will get around to it someday.... then now is that day. You can contact Mike at 360-657-7660. His shop is located at Cast Iron Repair Specialists 16129 Smokey Point Blvd, Ste A, Marysville, WA 98271 Steve Hammatt Mount Vernon WA USA I have no financial interest in regards to this posting. <wbr>
Welcome to the HAMB and thanks for the heads up on Cast Iron Repair Specialists. I have a couple of items that need to be repaired.
AAH, he may have been the one who did the repair I was shown on an expensive and hard to find diesel cylinder head a few years ago were a section was cut out and a replacement section welded in. There was some serious work involved in that one from the series of photos I saw of the damaged head to the final finished head I saw.
Mike's welding ability is very impressive! I just got the fins repaired on these motorcycle cylinders (Henderson) You can't tell where they were damaged when he is done. He had all kinds of cracked cast iron blocks & heads that we was repairing as well. -Andy
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