[TheForge] Re: Burning Metal

Wed Nov 5 14:54:05 2003

My air arc torch connects to an air line and welder. The carbon rod holder
hold one rod. You strike an arc the same as if welding and a blast of air
blows the melted metal away. Works really good for scarifying away a weld.
Darrell

http://www.machinemaster.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harland Johnson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 9:20 AM
Subject: [TheForge] Re: Burning Metal

>
> I have a carbon arc attachment for my arc welder that I always  used   as
an
> alternative to a rose bud to heat  metal.   They way that I used it was to
> set the welder to something like 290 amps,  adjust the carbon holder until
> the two carbons almost touched and made an arc .. and then thumb the
carbon
> arc gap wider for heat.  I thought that it was my best way of getting
> something hot that won't fit in a forge.  My carbon arc attachment is
"old"
> in that , I first  remember my father using it in the 1950s
>
> Reading  and learning from the "burning metal" thread, it appears that a
> carbon arc is also a way of cutting steel.  Anyone care to enlighten me?
>
> Thanks
>
> Dann Johnson
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