[TheForge] forging copper?

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

I'd just gotten done making vise jaw covers and then forging the 
scraps of some copper buss bar material yesterday and was 
mentally recounting any possible dust and oxide exposure..a bit 
worried....Thanks Jim, I feel relieved, mostly.
Mostly because they didn't anneal as soft as i thought they 
would. Wondering if i should just scrap them....Was assuming they 
were buss bars from the conformation, not sure.
CBA Oktoberfest this weekend...my favorite...making stuff to 
bring the last few days...Pete F

James Binnion wrote:
> The vast majority of electrical buss bars are not beryllium copper.  
> That alloy (C17400) is rarely used as it would only be needed in high  
> strength buss bars. Most buss bars are oxygen free alloys that are  pure 
> copper or contain a tiny amount of silver along with the copper.  
> Berylium copper has a slightly lighter color than pure copper.
> 
> Jim
> 
> On Sep 27, 2005, at 7:20 PM, Roy Wilson wrote:
> 
>>
>> ======= On 2005-09-27, at 19:19:21 Roger R Degner wrote: =======
>>
>>
>>> That is what one of the UMBA members used to make his copper hat pins
>>> from.
>>> He makes a one sided die cuts the slug heats it and gives it a whack
>>> with the treadle hammer
>>>
>>
>>     If you're not heating it enough to get it smoking, I can't see  
>> the beryllium being much of a problem.
>>
>>
>> "Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris." - Xanthippos
>>
>> Roy Wilson - rwilson9 at twcny.rr.com
>> 2005-09-27
>>
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