[MikeK]

Originally Posted by mike657894

. . .. unless someone knows what the proper way to weld cast is?

Well now, there's a can of worms! We could add that one to "which oil?", "Whitewalls?" and a few others!

When I was in high school I took welding shop and first learned to weld broken C.I. lathe beds and legs with a 1/4"x1/4" square cast gray iron filler rod, borax (flux) and an acetylene torch. Since then I've encountered quite a few other methods... I'm sure others could post their absolute surefire no-crack methods!