[TheForge] Copper plating as an outdoor finish
Ed F
[email protected]
Fri Aug 22 23:19:00 2003
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Tull" <[email protected]>
> Hope it was welded above the screw.
Below the screw out of the way (along with the clamp).
> Wouldn't be the first vise or Cat dozer cyl frozen up while shorting
across
> close connections.
Same goes for greasy loose acme threads like on my old leg vice?
Also, don't ground across an electric motor or machine circuit board.
I wonder if the same problem with threads would apply to a TIG.
Coincidentially I did see a stick stinger toasted today. Lose cable clamp
screw.
YAK: I know a kantankerous welder who put his ground clamp 50' away on the
leg of a wet stainless production chicken eviscerating table with 20 workers
he owed a bad favor to.
Seems to me it could have required CPR.
Ed
> Always clamp lead as close to work as possible.
>
> dan tull
> georgia
> abba, afc, S.C. psba, obg,sofa
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ed F" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 7:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Copper plating as an outdoor finish
>
>
> > I welded some 1/4" copper plate to my leg vice for a ground clamp
> connector.
> > It sure needed *alot* of heat. Seemed like my 200amp tig was a little
> > small. I used argon, though, and I heard that helium helps you weld
> hotter.
> >
> > Oh, and I used silicone bronze rod.
> >
> > What are you using to weld with and what size stock?
> >
> > Ed
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "H and P Foster" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 5:49 AM
> > Subject: RE: [TheForge] Copper plating as an outdoor finish
> >
> >
> > > It also welds real nice using the parent material as the rod. After
> > > finishing, you could never tell.
> > >
> > > Harry
> > > Rusty Dog Forge
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [email protected]
> > > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of GHS
> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 3:12 PM
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Subject: Re: [TheForge] Copper plating as an outdoor finish
> > >
> > >
> > > Just dive in. Copper is easier. Just think brazing or soldering, or
> rivets
> > > instead of forge welding.
> > >
> > > Mike Graf
> > >
> > > Shannell Sugrue wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have a customer who wants a water sculpture, Ive offered to do it
in
> > > steel
> > > > and copper plate it so it patinates over time, question is how well
> does
> > > > plating handle being wet??? if the plating is thick enough could I
say
> > 10
> > > > years to him??? he initially asked for it to be done in copper but I
> > dont
> > > > fancy the learning curve to forge a new material, or should I just
> dive
> > > in?
> > > >
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