[TheForge] Free Firebrick, Portland, OR area

[David E. Smucker]

I would agree that if they were sold they should be no problem.

Dave Smucker
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Craig Schaefer" <craig.schaefer at verizon.net>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Free Firebrick, Portland, OR area


> Dave,
> These don't appear to be used, as they are not discolored at all.  They
> were originally sold by the company (not to me), so I am guessing they
> didn't consider them a liability.
>
>
> CraigS
> Gresham, OR
>
> David E. Smucker wrote:
>
> >Do you know if it came from the smelting pots themselves?  If so they may
> >have a rather high contamination with fluorides from the smelting process
> >itself.  I would not use such firebrick myself.  If the firebrick is new,
it
> >should be OK to use or if the brick came from metal transfer pots that
> >should not be a problem.  I am a retired mechanical engineer who spent 32
> >years with ALCOA.  (Aluminum Co. of America).  "Spent pot lining" as we
> >called them are considered a hazardous waste.  This is because of the
> >fluoride salts that become part of the lining in use.  We (Alcoa) would
not
> >let spent pot lining out of our control.  I don't know what Reynolds used
to
> >do.  (Reynolds is now owned by ALCOA).  On the other had we would scrap
used
> >firebrick from transfer pots, and melting furnaces with no issue.
Surplus
> >new brick would sold / scraped depending on how much someone wanted to
get
> >rid of.
> >
> >Dave Smucker
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- 
> >From: "Craig Schaefer" <craig.schaefer at verizon.net>
> >To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> >Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 10:57 PM
> >Subject: [TheForge] Free Firebrick, Portland, OR area
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>Hey, guys,
> >>I have some firebrick that I want to get rid of.  It is the old brick
> >>that was used to line the pots at the old Reynolds Aluminum plant.  Some
> >>look used, some don't and I have about 100 of them, maybe a few more.
> >>Don't know what the composition is, but I put one in my gas forge for
> >>about 30 minutes until it was cherry red all over.  Cooled it and there
> >>doesn't seem to be any degradation.  I use them as a backdrop to a coal
> >>forge I have.
> >>Free to anyone who wants to pick them up.
> >>
> >>Contact me at craig.schaefer at verizon.net
> >>
> >>thanks,
> >>
> >>CraigS
> >>Gresham, OR
> >>
> >>
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