Yeah... so half a week ago i made a thread questioning if I stripped my cog/hub. I most definitely did. Luckily my hub had 2 fixed sides... so I just flipped it and stupidly put my cheap cog back on my hub.

Last night I was riding a bit fast and had to swerve and slowdown to avoid a road block (I didn't have my light, and a student organization blocked off the road in order to practice pushing a bobsled/luge/death trap up the streets) and as I mashed my legs down to skid, I felt the cranks "slip"-- just like they did when I stripped the other side. I'm 90% sure I stripped the 2nd side of the hub.

I'm a poor student but a student with access to facilities. I'm not too interested in paying more money and investing more time into having my back wheel rebuilt (although I got it built by a local guy... I doubt he'll take pity and do it for free-- but he might not charge labor..)

Would it be possible to MIG or ARC weld the cog to the hub? Both sides are stripped/useless-- I could probably salvage the lock ring and just weld the thing like there's no tomorrow.... but would it actually hold? I've welded chairs and stools (like 3 years ago) and they seemed to hold up pretty well. Anyone have any experience with this?

Or are my fixed gear dreams over?