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I would be incredibly grateful to anyone who can help.

Below are pictures of an Edison Spring Motor bed plate that has, unfortunately, sustained trauma (and neglect) long ago resulting in cracks in several places.

If you have an Edison Spring Motor bed plate that you would consider selling or trading please send me a PM. Any condition Edison Spring Motor bed plate will be acceptable and incredibly helpful to me if it's intact.

Thanks!

Doug

Doug,I see now where your bed plate got ruined when someone dropped it.Gary

I can help you out. PM or email me when you get a chance and we'll connect. Terry Baer, St. Louis

If you can't find a suitable replacement, brazing should be a good option. It's cast, so a stove repair specialist should be able to take care of it. Good luck.

Someone who fixes engine blocks might be able to weld up cast iron. It takes a special welding rod with high nickel content, and the good luck to avoid a crack.

https://www.castmetalwelding.com/ I had this guy do some work for me on my heating stove a few years ago, and he is REALLY good. None of the repairs have re-opened and after the parts were re-plated or painted again, you could not tell where he had been. He is a really nice guy as well. It's not really an inexpensive thing to get done, but he sure knows his business.

Below the ash pit door the whole corner of the casting was missing the the iron part of the skirt was missing also. We had half of the bottom pan re-cast and borrowed a casting from another stove to get part of it re-cast and then he fitted the parts together and welded it all together. He really wanted to re-use the original casting to the stove because of shrinkage. It really worked out well, and I've been using the stove now for 5-6 years.

I'm pretty sure he's a machinist also, so there's that as well. Good luck with the bedplate now, Earl.