[TheForge] I don't get it...

[Bob Ehrenberger]

>Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 08:30:44 -0500
>From: "Bruce Freeman" <FREEMAB at pt.fdah.com>
>Subject: RE: [TheForge] I don't get it...
>
>At forge-welding temperature, oil isn't oil anymore.  It's just another
>source of carbon and hydrogen.
>
>Electric welds don't heat the metal generally or for as long, so grease
>may perhaps remain grease in a TIG weld.  Just speculation.
>
>Bruce
>NJ

Maybe the problem is that the oil adds carbon to the weld and changes the
composition of the material making it more brittle and creating a bad weld.

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net