[TheForge] weld question

Tue Apr 22 10:18:00 2003

You folks keep saying "forge weld"
If you are trying to make money, why not mig it?Or as we say "jump weld"?
Isn't mig wire A-36 ?

So many of the questions asked depend on wheather you intend on making a
profit,
or are you " giving it away as a Christmas present".
But then again ,  about 90% of blacksmiths are hobbiest.
Like Jeff Mohr told Saint Francis,  "You're not putting 3 kids through
school."
YES, forge welding has it's place. Do you have a customer that will pay you
for it?

dan tull
georgia
abba, afc, S.C. psba, obg,sofa
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phlip" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 12:45 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Swedge block question

>
> Dunno, but it seems to me that you're doing things the hard way. If it
were
> mine to do, I'd swage down some stock with a slightly over-sized cross
> section into the shape I needed, get it into the planar alignment I wanted
> with heat and a soft-faced heavy hammer, make my bends ( hard way bends
are
> perfectly easy with a starting crease and a bright orange heat),
> flatten/straighten my curve with the same heavy, soft-faced hammer, then
> forge weld the 3/4 inch round back on, with a simple lap joint....bending
it
> flat then, if needed.
>
> But then, I believe in getting a job done in THIS lifetime....
>
> Phlip
>
>  If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
> cat.
>
> Never a horse that cain't be rode,
> And never a rider who cain't be throwed....
>
>
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