[TheForge] hastalloy

[Dan Tull]

B/S friend was using Texas charcoal and got a big clinker from a clean pot.
Told him it was cereal filler.:~)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phlip" <phlip at 99main.com>
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Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] hastalloy


>
> Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...
>
>> so a forge grate would not be a good idea
>>
>
> Probably not, depending how high you heat your forge. I wouldn't use it-
> I'm very suspicious of any substances in my fire, than iron/steel, fuel, 
> and
> borax. I'm still learning, but there are several things that can poison 
> your
> fire, or you, and I'm not interested in playing with them.
>
> If you need a forge grate, though, you can get the cast iron shower drains
> at most hardware-type places fairly inexpensively, or do as I did and make 
> a
> pivoting biscuit that also serves the purpose of breaking up clinkers when 
> I
> use coal (as I've mentioned before, I normally use charcoal, but
> occasionally use coal for fuel).
>
> Saint Phlip,
> CoD
>
> "When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
> Blacksmith's credo.
>
> If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
> cat.
>
> Never a horse that cain't be rode,
> And never a rider who cain't be throwed....
>
>
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