[TheForge] Fixing my forge

[schade at acegroup.cc]

On Aug 7, 2007, at 1:35 PM, Mark Novak wrote:

> I presently have a gas forge that I built in a class at The Crucible 
> in Oakland, CA. It employs two overhead burners. The gas comes into 
> each burner via a round galvanized pipe with a threaded hole into 
> which a mig tip is screwed. I'm getting a bit of air in the mix thanks 
> to the mig tip not seating well into the round pipe, which is bringing 
> the temperature of my forge down. Right now I'm using gas-grade 
> "plumbers" tape in the threads (it's what we used in the class), but 
> I'm hoping someone here has a suggestion of another material that 
> could hold up to the radiant heat of the forge and seal the mig tips 
> better, whether it's another tape or a foam-based product.
> Thanks,
> Mark ____



You might try a little muffler goop. Comes in a tube. Takes some heat. 
Easy.

Bob