[TheForge] Re: Flux

Thu Aug 21 21:25:00 2003

I have been using a 20 ounce Pepsi bottle for all my years now.  I couldn't
handle the lids, spoons and whatever.  I just take a 1/4 round rod heat it
up and burn a hole in the cap.  The borax flows pretty well and if it
doesn't, a quick squeeze shoots out any blockage.

bill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed F" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 7:53 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Re: Flux

> Just curious how you keep your shampoo bottle from melting over the white
> hot steel.  Are you a sharpshooter at long range?
>
> Ed
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Ehrenberger" <[email protected]>
> To: "theforge" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 7:50 AM
> Subject: [TheForge] Re: Flux
>
>
> > Ed,
> >
> > My oven dried borax still foams, but not as much as it does out of the
> box.
> >
> > My son didn't like it for making damascus because of all the airborn
> > particles.  Of course he uses a lot of flux on his damascus, he covers
the
> > billet on every heat.
> >
> > I was forced to dry it out in the first place because my box of borax
got
> > wet and was totally unusable.  I like the dried borax because it flows
> well
> > in my squirt bottle.
> >
> > Bob Ehrenberger
> > Shelbyville, Mo
> >
> > ++++++Original Message+++++
> > Message: 12
> > From: "Ed F" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: [TheForge] Re: Flux
> > Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 21:24:09 -0500
> > Reply-To: [email protected]
> >
> > It sounds like what you ended up with has the same consistancy I got.
> It's
> > been a while, but I saw a difference like night in day in use.  Doesn't
> your
> > stuff out of the box foam and flow poorly?  The oven baked stuff doesn't
> > foam and gets glassy and flows together, like EZ Weld.  It only takes
> about
> > a half hour to cook it dry.
> >
> > Ed
> >
> >
> >
> >
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