HELP! 36” bar damaged can it be fixed

[Stump Shot]

Send it to Rich.

I believe he retired if I'm not mistaken.

 

[RCBS]

I believe he retired if I'm not mistaken.

Ya, he did. But I've noticed he's posted a couple of videos from the shop again. lol I imagine it's hard for him to be away from it. I bet that nice Bar Shop Tool is still there though and Rich probably showed someone how to use it properly.

 

[Stump Shot]

Ya, he did. But I've noticed he's posted a couple of videos from the shop again. lol I imagine it's hard for him to be away from it. I bet that nice Bar Shop Tool is still there though and Rich probably showed someone how to use it properly.

@tree monkey has a bar shop machine, I have a newly acquired Oregon bar tender, am still sourcing wheels for it though before i can use it.

 

[mrxlh]

If you end up getting it tig welded, have the welder use hss drill bits for the filler. It well be as hard or slightly harder than the bar rails.

 

[Moparmyway]

I have hard surfacing filler rods for tig …..

Point being it definitely CAN be fixxed, but does it NEED to be fixxed ?

As said, I’ve used a dremel cutoff wheel to dress the channel after tig welding with the hard surface filler rods. That bar is still in use today, and is a little ugly, but it works great.