[TheForge] where do I get?

[Jerry Frost]

Oh yeah. If you use fluorspar aka fluorite, you really 
should take precuations the stuff likes to sap the 
calcium from your system. I don't believe an overdose 
of fluorine compounds can be treated effectively. 
Fluorite may not be as toxic seeing as it's calcium 
fluoride but I don't know. Heck I don't know if it'll 
absorb through skin but I'd find out before using it.

I use a 4:1 ratio of Borax and Boric Acid but I don't 
mess with welding SS so I don't need the really 
agressive fluxes. I stay out of the fumes when I use it 
regardless.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.

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From: "Ron Childers" <munlaw2 at hcsmail.com>


Isn't fluorspar, the flux used for forge welding ss 
also toxic?

The OSHA man would have had a fit if he looked at the 
stuff we did in
construction, ie, fumes, sparks, noise, asbestos, 
fiberglass, glue, carbon
tetrachloride, sulfur, acid, lead, copper sulfate, lead 
based paint, etc.
Much of it is common sense - They thought I was crazy 
insisting on eye & ear
protection when using a 32 caliber Ram Set gun in cured 
concrete, and fans
when welding galvanized beams, but the boss dared not 
refuse my work order
for safety equipment.

Ron C