On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 22:15:16 -0500, Ignoramus11246
wrote:

On 2013-08-11, wrote:
I bought a small press in a junk shop for $20. I mounted it on a 2x6
and let it collect dust for a year before I started to use it to
flatten sections of copper pipe. It did very well until today: There
was an ominous sound and the frame cracked:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2768312...7635013299389/

No way will I admit using a cheater bar and even if I did I barely
leaned on it. Anyway...Can this be repaired or is this thing done for?
My understanding of welding cast iron is that it is not a free lunch.

I would throw it out and buy or make something else.


That's the one I am going with. I can almost certainly do the job in
question using my big-ass $5 garage-sale vise. It was good enough for
embossing.

Thanks to all for their contributions

Michael Koblic,
Campbell River, BC