![]() ![]() She'd wait until we were burning a pile of brush - Dad was a firebug and always seemed to be burning a pile of brush somewhere A couple of times in my youth, she decided that one of her skillets had too much carbon build-up on it and needed to be re-seasoned. They just don't make 'em like that anymore. Now a good skillet was a family heirloom that was passed down from mother to daughter. Mother was an old-fashioned Southern cook who used her cast iron skillets daily. With a reciprocating saw you will have to make a larger pilot hole and make sure that the reciprocating saw base stay in firm contact with the surface to be cut and start at very low speed. PS I prefer a scroll saw for the type of work plus the blade are cheaper to buy. When cutting with a scroll saw make sure that the base of the saw is hold firmly against the flat surface to be cut. ![]() If you go thought some gas pockets you will have to fill the voids with stove cement. Under times you may encounter some hard spots. Some stoves have been casted with soft iron mixed with lots of sand and when drilling it goes very fast. At that time, while boring into the cast iron you will get a feel for the hardness of the metal. Be careful not to drill through a double wall construction. First you will need a pilot hole to allow the blade to get in. The cutting oil makes all the difference. I have done with a scroll saw at low speed using a premium quality blade with lots of cutting oil. I would first try a bi-metal cutting blade and cutting lubricant. Plus you will have to control the speed and the sparks. Using a grinding disk is not a bad idea but you may have some difficulty of getting the right cutting disk. I do not know where your cast iron stove comes from or what type of cast iron was used.
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