[TheForge] Updated on Mike Porter

[John Husvar]

Heh! Wouldn't you know: I write pretty much the same reply as  
Frosty's. Frosty and I seem to transmit on the same wavelength. Be  
careful, Frosty! That way madness lies! :)

On Mar 11, 2006, at 12:45 AM, Jerry Frost wrote:

> Hey john. I remember your forge on Dave's site. This is his current  
> URL. I didn't see your forge but didn't take much time looking around.
>
> http://home.flash.net/~dwwilson/
>
> Yeah, I started using mig tips as a way to quickly change jet  
> diameter when I was first playing with burners. It worked so well I  
> never stopped. That was about the same time Ron Reil started  
> playing with burners. I remember the mig tips in the Aussies but  
> I'd stopped messing with linears by then.
>
> I think it's a proven design thing Mike. A lot of people are happy  
> with what works for them. "If it ain't broke don't fix it" is about  
> as blacksmith a saying as exists. It's okay, goes with my  
> philosophy about "traditional". Pick the period you like and enjoy.  
> <grin>
>
> Frosty
> -------------------------------
> If it ain't forged
> it ain't real.
> Wrought iron is.
> The FrostWorks
>
> Meadow Lakes, AK.
>
> http://www.artmetalradio.com/
>
> From: "Mike Porter" <michael.a.porter at comcast.net>
>
>
>
>> John,
>> Yes, apparently Frosty did too. Here's the weird part; I wrote up  
>> an account of how to easily change out the hole in the side pipe  
>> for a MIG tip and up the performance on old fashioned Aussi  
>> burners six years ago. It's been on the Ron Reil site all this  
>> time, but there seems to be an incredible amount of resistance to  
>> simple fixes--go figure!
>> Mike P.
>>
>>
>
>
>> From: "John Husvar" <jhusvar at sbcglobal.net>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> On Mar 9, 2006, at 9:55 AM, Mike Porter wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thanks Todd, and thanks to all the rest of you too.
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>
>>> Glad to hear you're doing well, Mike. I did the angiogram thing a  
>>> few years ago and got a stent for my trouble. :)
>>>
>>> Glad it's evidently _not_ your heart. Other things might be  
>>> easier to handle.
>>>
>>> BTW: I used MIG tips on the gas forge I built about mumble- 
>>> mumble  years ago. You're right, they're a good way to inject gas  
>>> and easy to experiment with. I used an .045 and got good results.  
>>> Getting a  welding heat was no problem at all. My write up on it  
>>> used to be on  D.W. Wilson's site. I haven't looked at his site  
>>> in a long while, but  it might still be there. Now if I could  
>>> only remember the URL! :)
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> John
>>>
>
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