The Iron Maiden as a child

[Hotfoot]

Not yet welded together, The head is 1" thick cast iron part. Body rear part of wood stove, feet are old flatirons...Is this a heat to 450 degrees, then Nickle Rod job?

I'm considering taking the chicken way out, and simply making a rebar armature that the pieces attach to from the rear.

[urch55]

Looks like she's having a bad hair day.

[fjk]

Hotfoot
I built a similar creature using some old cast iron stove
parts. You definitely have to "do it right" or you will
get cracking and so on. I did it with Ni rod but no
pre-heat (nothing to do it with) The thicker sections
could more or less take it (at least they didn't crack enough
to cause the thing to fall apart). The thinner stuff was pretty
bad -- I ended up just welding the thinner stuff in "dots"
slowly filling in so too much heat didn't build up at any
one area.

Also, since I don't have a lot of practice welding CI
and the guy is kinda top-heavy, mine had a tendency
to flop over and break at the welds. I ended up making
some support pieces on the back. I may have to go back
at it and make a proper armature

The job I did is adequate for my own work -- I wouldn't
want to sell it with my name on it.

I've attached a picture of mine

Frank

[urch55]

Braze

Why couldn't you just braze the thinner pieces together. I have brazed 1/2" thick gas stove grating before with success no cracks and it lasted until the stove got scraped out.

[mikecwik]

she looks quite dutch!