[TheForge] Forge welding

[Saint Phlip]

What are you welding on? Coal or propane?

You've got to keep the scarf clean, you, but you really don't need to
"see" anything more than that the metal is positioned correctly, and
for the welding itself, you want it hot enough that it's almost
burning- a very bright yellow.

In addition to keeping the scarf clean, too, your whole fire needs to
be clean- clean coal worked into clean coke, and no residues from,
say, brass. It's actually easier to start out figuring what you're
doing with a charcoal fire (real charcoal, sold as "lump" charcoal,
not briquets), since it's naturally clean.

On 3/4/07, Lynn and Susan Lang <langfarm at together.net> wrote:
> Hello
> Am having a difficult time seeing what is happening when welding, I
> think I have it figured out, keeping the scarf clean is a requirement,
> heat to red, wire brush and flux.
>
> The books all mention strike lightly when joining and hit harder as you
> continue...So what am I to see as I hit lightly, and what visual clues
> that it is now time to strike harder..
>
> Is there a detailed description available?
>
> Thank you
> lynn
>
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-- 
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.