[TheForge] welding without flux

[williamsiron at comcast.net]

Bob Patrick was at Flagstaff in 2000 and at St Louis in 1994. I agree he is excellent at forge welding. In St Louis in 95+ heat, we sat under a tent and watch Bob weld stuff for 3 hours, clean fires and dirty fires and once he threw copper slugs in the fire and still made the weld. He said it was more a state of mind and of experience.

I have done some forge welding. I've used Borax, EZ weld, Cresent Weld, Black Magic flux, and a couple of concoctions of unknown composition. They all work. 

Mark Williams
Snow Hill, Maryland

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Dan Scheid" <Damales at pollybutte.net> 

> 
> Watch Bob Patrick! Saw him at the 1999? ABANA Conference in Flagstaff. He 
> was welding at a cherry heat with no flux .. And complaining that he was 
> "out of practice" I could not find the seam on the finished piece... GRR. 
> I would love to have that type of skill. 
> Dan Scheid 
> / 
> I have heard of people welding without flux but have never seen it 
> done. at what color temp. was he coming out of the fire at, i am the 
> kind of guy that would give it a try. 
> Allen Ortery 
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