This looks very clever. But I have to wonder how well the fixes held up. I
have had to deal with trying to repair modern cast iron pieces and it is a
real pain and often not very successful.
Bart
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Matthew T. Ciolek
Hello -
Some of you may be interested in this short article about the
itinerant Chinese tinkers who repaired cast iron woks, melting iron
in a tiny furnace and applying it to holes and cracks.
http://staff.hum.ku.dk/dbwagner/tinkers/tinkers.html
Regards
Don Wagner
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Donald B Wagner
Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Copenhagen
http://staff.hum.ku.dk/dbwagner
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