[TheForge] Re: Burning Metal

Thu Nov 6 09:00:01 2003

W/ carbon arc cutting and gouging the arc is between the work and a single
carbon rod , as the arc melts the iron a stream of air blows it away.
Randy Mundt
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From: "Harland Johnson" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 10:20 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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