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Ignoramus10918

On 2014-06-19, wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2014 16:52:14 -0500, Ignoramus10918
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On 2014-06-19, Lloyd E. Sponenburgh lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:
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I need to cut some iron castings. What can I do, perhaps with a special
welding rod or 6010?

Ig,
Depending upon the web thickness a good hard recip blade works wonders.

Lloyd

These are 1-2 inch castings
I can't speak to cast iron and welding rod as I haven't cut it with
anything but a plasma torch but I have used 3/16" 60xx rod running at
300 amps to easily burn through 1" steel. My son and I cut up a lathe
with my plasma cutter. The plasma cutter is rated at 10 inches per
minute for 3/4" steel. We cut through 3" thick cast iron with it by
veeing out the cut. Once we got the hang of it we could sever the cast
iron pretty darn fast.
Eric

Eric, this is great. I have a bunch of 1/8" 6010 (really a lot of
them) and I will see how they work, in the morning.

i