Support bracket for cast iron bell, pictures

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Hi all, customer brought in a cast iron bell with a broken support bracket yesterday, said that he had backed into it with his truck [%^^^%^%$%%], wanted to know if I could fix it without to much cost, but of course there was a piece missing, I could have cast him a new one or just welded all the pieces back together, if he had all of them. I told him what could be done, gave him a price, he said do it, so here is what he brought me, pictures, here is what I did, took a 16" diameter  3/8" thick pipe, cut a ring off of it 1 3/4" wide, cut it almost in half, shaped it, then welded the support forks to it [that he did have] also welded a pipe to it for stand at the bottom, it turned out good enough and strong enough for what the customer was willing to pay, he left happy with his bell and new support bracket, have a good one, Jeff. Attached Images
Reply:Looks like a nice clean quick fix. Nicely done Jeff.Gordhttp://gordsgarage.wordpress.com/
Reply:Thank's GG always good to hear of a job well done, Jeff.
Reply:Really nice!  I can see why customer is happy.(Retired) Professional firefighter, amateur everything else I try to do...Oh yeah:  Go Big Red!   (You know: one of the 12 members of the Big 10 cuz we left the 10 members of the Big 12...)
Reply:Thanks strube, have a good one, Jeff.
Reply:That looks good and a great design as well.
Reply:Originally Posted by BobThat looks good and a great design as well.
Reply:Nice fix. So, what was the original bracket made of?City of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."Job 28:1,2Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV BibleDanny
Reply:Originally Posted by tanglediverNice fix. So, what was the original bracket made of?
Reply:That tube on the bottom slides into or over something I guess ? Looks just fine to me too. I'm with the customer on this one .."The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first, the love of soft living and the get rich quick theory of life." -Theodore Roosevelt
Reply:Originally Posted by SandyThat tube on the bottom slides into or over something I guess ? Looks just fine to me too. I'm with the customer on this one ..