[TheForge] Re: Water on your coal forge fire?

[Rich Maynard]

Why does everyone use coal? Can't you buy coke in the US?

Rich M.




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> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Andy Vida
> Sent: 31 May 2004 05:48
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> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Re: Water on your coal forge fire?
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> Bob Ehrenberger wrote:
> > 
> > I tend to wet my coal before putting it on the fire.  This 
> helps the fines
> > to coke up into chunks instead of becomming airborn dust.
> 
> 	When I began using coal, some three billion years ago, I was
> 	always being told how horrible fines were.  But being somewhat
> 	stupid about not wasting fuel, I started using them anyway.  I
> 	like fines and they seem to coke up real well, in fact.
> > 
> > About the only time I put water on hot coals is when I'm making 
> coke ahead
> > in preperation of doing a lot of welding.  In that case I 
> usually pull the
> > coke off the fire and then douse it.  Few things as frustrating 
> as needing
> > to take one more good heat to finish a weld and only having 
> green coal to
> > work with. 
> 
> 	Too true.  Then you bugger up the weld with all the greasy
> 	semi-coked coal stuck to the work.  Nasty business.
> 
> 	-Andy
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