[TheForge] Another lesson

[Ron Childers]

 Jeff, u might also screw the bolt into a nut, or couple of nuts to protect
the threads. Ron C

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Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 8:53 AM
To: Barking Crow; Sponsored by ABANA
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Another lesson



Barking Crow wrote:
> This afternoon after returning from a FABA meeting (smithing content) I
was
> welding a thumb screw type tab on a bolt that didn't have much length so i
> wanted to protect the threads from the molten rod/splatter and put a
length
> of scrap copper tubing over the threads knowing as I do that the 6013
> wouldn't weld to the copper since I sometimes use a copper damn to stop
the
> molten rod.  But, you guessed it, the weld attachen the copper tubing
rather
> well to the bolt and I got to chisel, pry and grind the copper from the
> bolt.  Does this surprise those of you who know which is the shinola.

	If all you were looking to do was keep splatter off, you might try 
sooting the threads up real nice with acetylene.  Threads should stay 
clean as long as the weld puddle doesn't actually wander too close.
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