Iron bed side support broken
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The holder for the side rail on one side on the foot of the bed broke and had been broken before but we didn't know it as the bed is painted white. Anyhow, we have had it welded once which didn't last much more than a month. My husband says it takes a special kind of weld for a cast piece. Anyone have any suggestions?
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Get in touch with the Welder and ask him to do a better job this time........................
We just had both side rails extended for Queen size - - it must be iron for it to hold a weld. You can quickly tell by using a magnet.....if it sticks, it's iron ! Yours may be the more usual pot metal in which case there would have to be another solution, maybe even replacing the rails with iron ones. Not expensive, takes a little looking. Or just use angle-iron maybe. Hope you find the solution as it is doubtless a beautiful old bed. Good luck !
millja in Colorado
If its only been a month, I would go back to the original welder. He might want to use a better electrode like nickel and do a double pass.
welding cast iron is special stuff and the welder has to be needs to be "qualified