Need to weld the handle on the drill press onto the cast iron thing it screws into.

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The drill press at work needs one of its handles/arms/levers welded back on.  They normally just screw into the cast iron part but the threaded hole is all flogged out.  I don't have any cast iron welding gear, but I think I have like a 312-16 stick rod.  Will this be good enough to hold it on.  It wobbles like a jelly fish at the moment, so if I could get a bit of weld to stick and just hold it in place it should be good enough.We have a tig, but I still think I would need a special filler to joint the mild steel and cast iron?  I have standard 316L rods for the tig only.  Seem to think that there is a dissimilar metals rod you can use to join metal that you don't know what it is.  I think it is similar to the 312-16 that I think I have.  Maybe if I was to get rid off the flux off the stick electrode and then tig weld it using that stick electrode as the filler?
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