Stopped heating with a crack pot! See pics

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Don2222

Minister of Fire
Feb 1, 2010
9,110
Salem NH
Hello
It has been a few years and these cracks can only get worse, So I just pulled out the grinder and Vulcan Mig, ground it to clean it, zapped it, ground the weld down, painted it and put in a new flange gasket. Hope that will preserve it? How does it look?
See the pics

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Looks good to me Don, if the fitment works I say well done, I have yet to weld anything on a stove....luckily
 
Mine is stainless (pot) so a few years back, I TIG welded a crack and so far holding up just fine.
 
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Mine is stainless (pot) so a few years back, I TIG welded a crack and so far holding up just fine.
Cool, did you use straight Argon gas and stainless rods?
 
Looks good to me Don, if the fitment works I say well done, I have yet to weld anything on a stove....luckily
P61 is a solid machine, I have 2 of them. :)
 
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