Hi,
I've googled for info on this but can't get a definitive answer.

My house was built in the 1930's and it has a pair of original (art deco style) solid wrought iron gates in the driveway. One of the gates is broken and I am wondering if a suitable repair can be done by arc welding the broken pieces together. It is made of heavy 1/2" square solid wrought iron bar and I think it would be genuine wrought iron, not the stuff they pass off as wrought iron in these modern times. The gates are rectangular in shape and on one of them the wrought iron has a broken cleanly in the top corner, just above the hinge, on the side nearest to the gate post.

I am a competent arc welder but have not done any work on cast iron or wrought iron and therefore don't know what type of rods and what welding technique would be required to make a strong enough repair of the gate.

Can any experienced welders on this forum offer me any advice on this matter, please?

Thanks,
redx.


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