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Broken Ferguson 16 inch Share - Cast or Steel?

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DanGH

01-31-2006 10:16:02




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I have just broken the plough share on my Ferguson 16 inch single furrow plough. My question is should this be cast iron or steel? mine has broken like cast iron would, but the plough is a digger type with a very long wing (although a one piece wing and point) All my farming books from the 40s and 50s say that digger type ploughs had steel shares for robustness and so that the blacksmith could hammer them sharp again, as does a reprinted advert for this plough. Its just that a steel share would be easier to weld and i don`t want to start welding it until i know what it is.
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Scott PA

01-31-2006 17:26:51




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 Re: Broken Ferguson 16 inch Share - Cast or Steel? in reply to DanGH, 01-31-2006 10:16:02  
If it is cast you will see raised numbers like 16AAO121DDS or a steel one has the numbers hand stamped into the metal like 16AAO120.



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Jerry/MT

01-31-2006 11:57:23




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 Re: Broken Ferguson 16 inch Share - Cast or Steel? in reply to DanGH, 01-31-2006 10:16:02  
If the share has any identifying numbers on it, for a cast share, the numbers are cast into the share. On a steel share, they are stamped on the share. There are ways of identifying the type of steel or cast iron by using a grinding wheel and observing the spark pattern. It's called "spark testing" and you might be able to find something by a Google search on that term.
Hope this helps.



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gerard

01-31-2006 15:04:33




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 Re: Broken Ferguson 16 inch Share - Cast or Steel? in reply to Jerry/MT, 01-31-2006 11:57:23  
If the break is fairly straight and the edge is visibly granular, it"s cast. Identification by grinding spark is possible, but needs a fair bit of experience to tell. Cast is brittle - it doesn"t bend, it breaks, whilst most steels bend. I suspect your share is cast.



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