Posted by Gordon [62.249.206.130] on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 10:43:47 :
In Reply to: Useable? posted by Desoto61 [138.162.0.45] on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 09:39:07 :
That is cast mild steel, and you can tell how tough it is from the fact it is still in one piece.
The least I would to is use a grinding cutter to gouge it out on each side and then fill it back up with weld, stick or MIG, then grind back.
it'll then be fine for another 50 years.