[TheForge] RE: Flux, Plastic bottles

Fri Aug 22 00:39:11 2003

Ed,

First, I try to flux when red hot, before scale forms.  Second, I can hit my
target from about 3 inches away so the bottle doesn't get too hot.  Kind of
like the trick of testing to see if something is ready to weld by touching
it with a coat hanger while still in the fire, if you use the wrong coat
hanger it can make a sticky mess.

I got the idea while taking the Bob Patric welding class.  Bob was showing
me how to make a tommahawk.  Instead of using EZ-Weld as we had for
everything else we welded,  Bob wanted to use borax.  The only borax Tom
Clark had was for brazing, in a little squirt bottle.  The idea stuck with
me, and when I saw the shampoo bottle in the trash I knew that I had to give
it a try.  I like it.

Bob Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo

+++ Original Message +++
From: "Ed F" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Re: Flux
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 18:53:19 -0500
Reply-To: [email protected]

Just curious how you keep your shampoo bottle from melting over the white
hot steel.  Are you a sharpshooter at long range?

Ed