Re: [DL] Cast Iron Arms

[Harry Canyon <harrycanyon@mac.com>]

> On 11/12/04 9:01 AM, "Marguerite Frey" <natasha_corey@yahoo.com> wrote:

> --- Michael Robert Blair <pellinoire@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I think cast iron might be difficult to repair as
>> well, I don't think it welds at all easily. It is a
>> cheap and common material, almost the Victorian
>> equivalent of plastic.
>> Michael
> 
> Cast iron is, well, cast.  It's poured into molds
> while in a liquid state.  Repairing it would be much
> more difficult because you'd have to heat and alter a
> single part of a structure that was designed to be one
> solid piece.
> 
> Replacing would be easier if the mold is fairly
> common, but cast-iron augmentation?  Very unlikely.
> It's too heavy and too solid; the arm's various joints
> need to be able to move freely.
> 
> Marguerite

Well the individual components which make up the augmentation could be cast
iron, couldn't they? They would then be connected with various seals and
rings and what not. (I'm certainly not a mechanical engineer and I don't
understand most of Monster Garage either... :-)

Take care,

Derek