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Today I dropped off my shattered center stand with my friend the welder. Some of you may remember my boneheaded experience of heating my '66 centerstand and quenching to restore hardness after straightening it out. The left leg broke off when I tried to put the bike up on it. Broke like glass. Should have tempered the metal. Never thought there it was that high a grade of steel.
When I dropped it off, my friend was rather amazed at what he saw. He's second generation in the biz and in his early 50's. Does nothing but weld and straighten metal for a living. Truck chassis are his specialty. When I told him about heating it with an oxy-acetylene tourch he said that was a mistake. Said that there is a lot of carbon imparted into the steel when you use acetylene. Said you need to use oxy-propane for that kind of work.
I never would have considered that point. Thought I'd pass it along.
regards,
Rob
When I dropped it off, my friend was rather amazed at what he saw. He's second generation in the biz and in his early 50's. Does nothing but weld and straighten metal for a living. Truck chassis are his specialty. When I told him about heating it with an oxy-acetylene tourch he said that was a mistake. Said that there is a lot of carbon imparted into the steel when you use acetylene. Said you need to use oxy-propane for that kind of work.
I never would have considered that point. Thought I'd pass it along.
regards,
Rob