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[diezelsmoke]

I will offer my diagnoses to the cause of the cracking with the provided picture info and what I would do to repair it. Heating and cooling is a factor however all commercial grade units go through this same cycle without cracking problems. In the picture(s) provided the main factor I see is when they cut the hole for the door they did not cut the corners with a radius.

To repair I would drill a hole at the end of the crack, v out the crack and reweld, then I would weld a piece of flat stock diagonal across the corners and I would do this on all corners regardless if they are cracked or not.

[automan77]

Ya that asshole owner from Ridgewood never responded to my email about the cracks what a prick. I would like to shove this stove up his punk ass.

[ridgeman]

Ya I agree that guy is a con man

[mlappin]

I will offer my diagnoses to the cause of the cracking with the provided picture info and what I would do to repair it. Heating and cooling is a factor however all commercial grade units go through this same cycle without cracking problems. In the picture(s) provided the main factor I see is when they cut the hole for the door they did not cut the corners with a radius.

To repair I would drill a hole at the end of the crack, v out the crack and reweld, then I would weld a piece of flat stock diagonal across the corners and I would do this on all corners regardless if they are cracked or not.

Unfortunately if their is any chance of the warranty being honored, once you start welding on it and adding anything, they will call it an unauthorized repair and really refuse to honor the warranty.

[Banna]

it would really surprise me if any future issue is covered. And that sux!

[ridgeman]

That warranty went out the door when I stop being able to even get ahold of them on phone

[automan77]

They will weld it if I bring it to them 250 miles away. Other then that they offer no help. They could care less about anyone that bought one. Lesson learned I quess.

[ridgeman]

Very true live and learn. Always a risk I guess when trying to save a few bucks. Just have to jeep an eye on this guy I believe he's done this in past and then opened with a new business name so I've been told...

[Chas]

After commenting on this post on April 21st, I shut mine down and cleaned it and found the same cracks, but in all 4 corners. No leaks yet, but I'm considering repairing it like diezelsmoke suggested..... drill a hole, grind out the crack and weld it up. Then add extra steel to reinforce the corners. I'm just not looking forward to crawling in there to work on it.....I don't bend as well as I once did.

[automan77]

I have a welder but I don't think it's big enough for the job. It's a lincoln 140. I'm not that good of a welder.

[mlappin]

Whats the thickness of the metal? I’m guessing at least a 1/4”, you might not have enough welder if it’s much heavier than that, I’d run .030 wire and make multiple passes.

I have a SP100 I normally keep .023 in and run .035 in my 250 amp three phase wire welder, I keep a roll of .045 around for use in the big one for large projects.

[ridgeman]

I just used a 220 mig. .035 wire i believe. Welded nice I even went as far as stitching some welds were the flat bars for the door and the face plate meet

[automan77]

Did you have to pull the siding off the front and the insulation when you welded it?

[jamesbodeis]

we pulled it all of mine because it was cracked on both sides.

[mlappin]

The other issue you may have with a Lincoln 140 is whats the heaviest extension cord you have? My little SP100 will fall right on its face if much extension cord is used. I’ve had better luck running it off my generator than an extension cord.

If its truly a expansion/contraction problem you might want to find someone that can come out and stick weld it with 7018 rod.