[TheForge] Project advice

[Ben Barrett]

Indeed!  I've experienced both, fortunately without 2nd- or 3rd-degree
consequences -- just wanted to confirm this, and also point out that
even with a short piece of tubing, using tongs,
to be careful when quenching -- like hammer swings, keep it pointed
away from the face :)
The boiling water is still given a direction to travel...  or just
quench it sideways in your trough.


On 6/18/07, Saint Phlip <phlip at 99main.com> wrote:
> Now THAT's a useful bit of advice- Thanks, Aubrey ;-) Makes sense, no
> that you mention it. Sure beats finding out the hard way ;-)
>
> On 6/18/07, Washington, Aubrey O. <awashington at ou.edu> wrote:
> > Phlip,
> >
> > If you're working long enough sections to use the pipe as a handle (until you cut to length), remember to plug the handle end of the pipe with a wet rag or something.  Hot gas will travel up the pipe like a chimney.  Also, be very careful if you quench hot pipe; steam and hot water can shoot up the pipe and out the handle end.
> >
> > If you're working short sections with tongs, then you don't have to worry with this stuff.
> >
> > Aubrey
>
>
> --
> Saint Phlip
>
> Heat it up
> Hit it hard
> Repent as necessary.
>
> Priorities:
>
> It's the smith who makes the tools, not the tools which make the smith.
>
> Blessed be the self-righteous, for they shall inherit themselves.
>