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Hello, ? I have a couple no 8's in our herd of W&W's.? One was cracked across the bed on the rear some time long ago.? The bed on the no 8 is thinner than what I am used to on machines.? I believe the stress that caused it to break was induced by the wooden base coming apart and allowing the stress to go to the bed when the case was being moved around.? My "fix" was single layer 10oz fiberglass cloth and epoxy resin.? I then took felt and covered it with that.? Looks great and importantly very strong.? Some previous owner long ago drilled two holes in the bed then counter sunk and used pan head screws of fairly large size.? This person then threaded holes into flat bar and screwed it up against the bottom of the bed.? It is a fairly good repair and I guess I could smooth the bed over with epoxy and paint to make it near invisible. ? We have done cast iron repairs repeatedly using stainless steel welding rod of 2.0mm size.? I buy this electrode by the kilo.? First we tested on cast iron broken parts and found it works well.? Then I received a New Home machine that was broken entirely across the bed.? We used this technique to repair the bed and it really did come out good saving the machine but losing about a 1 inch wide section of decals where the break was on the bed and subsequently repaired.? Some black paint and nobody can tell on the top of bed except the loss of decals and black paint that doesn't match perfectly. Best regards, Mike
On Monday, July 27, 2020, 02:30:40 AM GMT+8, John Harrison <jdhtyler@...> wrote:
I would make a new one out of steel, you need to find a fabrication shop or even a handy garage.? We would used some flat steel and mig welder and grind it to shape and then drill (Family run Blacksmiths sad to say now sold, opened 1890s) JB weld glue will never be strong enough for this job [1] I don't think it cast iron (we could with special rods weld that ) normally a repair would be brazed. It is more likely?to be steel or iron and that can be welded if you wanted a new piece added on and then drill. My choice would be to replicate it out of flat steel or even cut some angle iron to give you the raised edge and no welding. I live in Wales UK so I am sorry I can't do more for you,?wish I could. I still have not fixed my WW D9 corner of the base is broken across the stitch length adjuster might JB weld it to save the paint ? all the best John? On Sun, 26 Jul 2020 at 18:48, Cathy Stephens <cathys8780@...> wrote:
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