[TheForge] gas forge design

[Jerry Frost]

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From: "Paul Hewitt" <bugnco@lighthousekeeper.com>
To: <theforge@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] gas forge design


>
> Thanks for the answer, I obviously have time to come up with stupid
> questions!
>

The only stupid question is the one you didn't ask when you had the chance
and the answer bites you on the ass later.

> The purpose of any waste oil furnace I think would be more for heating
that
> welding.  I know I am missing out onthe real thing but I have never forge
> welded a piece in my life, as a matter of fact I have not even tried.  I
> probably forge more silicon bronze, and stainless steel than anything
else.
> I am not sure those can be forge welded.  Silicon bronze is a real fine
line
> between hot and melted, and working it to cold results in crumbling.  Most
> of the stainless I forge is made into things like Crab Block and long line
> peelers, and various pieces for fishing fleet boats.
>
> The idea though is stainless takes allot of heat...........
>

Forging silicon bronze is much tougher than forge welding steel or SS.

SS isn't all that hard to forge weld depending (I suppose) on allow. My
experience forge welding SS is limited. Add boric acid to the borax welding
flux.

I've forge welded copper after Ron Reil mentioned giving it a try. It's so
easy it's one of those, "is that it?" moments. Borax at well below melting
heat, med-low red.

Should be fun to give silicon bronze a try.

I don't mind the heat SS takes, it's the narrow forging range that just
makes my day. <sigh>

Frosty
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it ain't real.
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