[TheForge] burners and other addictions

[Jerry Frost]

I don't know how carbon effects it but am happy to accept it as is. My 
observations were just that, I tried it a few times when I bought my 
oxy/prop rig.

I have much better alternatives to gas welding in virtually any 
circumstances and haven't done so in decades.

The paycheck job excepting, I don't use acetylene at all.

Frosty
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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>


> Frosty,
> OK, I should have said weld well enough to be certified. It isn't just the
> intense heat available from an oxyacetylene flame that's needed, but also
> the excess carbon in the flame, for acceptable steel welds. Mind you, if
> someone can come up with a way around the problem, I would be the first to
> applaud it. I may do some experiments mixing carbon into flux this summer
> just to see if the "wall" can be breached somehow, as I would dearly love 
> to
> move acetylene clear out of the must have category.
> Mikey
>