[TheForge] Forge Welding question

[kim george]

Isn't there a little copper in that alloy for the new coins? If there is 
that would do it.

At 09:29 PM 6/8/2006 -0400, you wrote:


>Chris Kilpatrick wrote:
>>hi Folks,
>>      I have been having a little trouble forge welding recently.  I 
>> found a pool of nickel in my forge (from quarter mokume), could that be 
>> interfering with my welds?  I found some of the nickel had adhered to my 
>> billet.
>
>         Yeah, stuff like that contaminates the forge.  Is it a gas 
> forge?  Coal?
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Kim George

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