[TheForge] Re: heating copper in a forge (yak)

[Roger Olsen]

Copper that is allowed to melt and run ain a propane forge will
eventually eat thru any lining, fire brick, K-Wool or whatever.   That
is why you will often see a smith with a 'sacrifice tray'  in his or her
forge.

Roger Olsen
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Rick & Kims Email wrote:

> New pennys.  Its the zinc in the pennys that would contaminate the
> welds--in a coal or a gas forge.
>
> Rick Korinek
> Emerald City Forge
> Framingham, MA
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