[TheForge] Strengthening castable refractory

Thu Aug 28 07:07:00 2003

Cutting up wire or cable is one way, but MIG wire, or any other SS wire,
is still about $4/lb. So for an extra $10 I just stop in at Salem
Refractory and I'm home with the right stuff in 10 minutes (if there's
heavy traffic) and I can be mixing right away. 

Plus, I'll have all those extra needles for absolutely no project I can
think of. Hey, maybe I can weld together a SS pine tree!

Thanks all for the ideas and info.

-Marc

On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 00:12, Jerry Frost wrote:
> How about just chopping SS cable instead? Of course finding the right kind
> of SS and in a fine enough yarn might be a problem.
> 
> Frosty
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "R.C.Mundt" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 6:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Strengthening castable refractory
> 
> 
> > How about this? take a spool of mig wire cut through the whole thing w/ an
> > abrasive wheel in one spot, carfully lift the whole mess off the spool and
> > wrap w/  electrical tape soas to hold it all together. Now stick it in the
> > chop saw and start cutting needles.
> > Randy Mundt
> 
> 
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