Cracked, snapped or split - most broken metal isn't dead, it's just waiting for someone who understands why it failed and welds accordingly.
A crack is a symptom - of a stress point, a bad original weld or a design that concentrated load where it shouldn't. Welding it shut without asking why means welcoming it back. Our repairs start with the why: cracks drilled and vee'd properly, gussets and fishplates added where geometry demands, and process matched to metallurgy so the fix outlives the original.
That's why our repairs carry a straightforward promise: if our weld is what fails, the redo is on us. It almost never comes up - which is rather the point.
Replacement cost versus repair quote answers it - and we'll give you the honest verdict even when it costs us the job. Plenty of broken parts have decades left after a proper fix.
With correct prep, preheat and rod choice - yes, durably. It's a craft skill we maintain precisely because so few shops bother.
Broken-machine-season is real - working equipment jumps the queue and many repairs turn around same or next day. Say it's a breakdown and we treat it like one.