[TheForge] going for gas

Sun Feb 9 08:06:01 2003

        Andy,  No, I don't get much more scale with gas than coal.......when
I had that problem, I redrilled the gas jet to elliminate the problem.   A
slightly carberizing flame will yield less scale.......as in a coal fire.
To much air is what yields scale.

Ralph


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Subject: RE: [TheForge] going for gas


> >         The only time I light my coal forge is when I have some forge
> > welding that needs done.  Other than that - I use propane all the
> > time.   I
> > love the ability to work 6-8 pieces at the same time.  Never
> > could get away
> > with that in a coal fire........or at least I couldn't.
> >
>
> Don't you get a lot more scale than you would with coal?
> When you use coal it's sometimes a choice between burning your other
pieces
> or going slow- but I really like the surface that I get with coal. For a
> piece that I want to be really nice, or if it's practical to heat shorter
> areas, there's very little cleanup when the forging's done if I pay
> attention and finish hammer down into black heat.
> I only seem to use gas when I need a long heat.
> Andy G.
>
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