[TheForge] heating copper in a forge

Fri Dec 14 19:39:01 2001

I can't recall the spot where I'd read this, but I remember a story about I 
believe Francis Whitaker who was asked that same question. He'd just 
finished working with some copper and his response was "Lets see..." and 
then proceeded to do a forge weld in the fire without tearing it down and 
without problems.

All this is subject to my fallible memory, but that was what I recall.

Aaron

At 05:12 PM 12/14/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Rumor I heard once was that if you wanted to have fun with someone getting
>ready to forge weld, all you had to do was to throw a penny into the fire.
>Somehow the copper in the penny was supposed to keep a forge weld from
>working.  Don't know why, could just be an old wives tale.  I think the
>problem was corrected by tearing the fire apart and starting fresh.
>
>Rich Herman
>
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>somewhere i heard that you shouldnt heat copper or other metals in the same
>forge as steel ... is there a difference between a coal or propane forge ...
>
>i hammer a little steel but also work with copper ... any ideas.... thanks
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