[TheForge] Fwd: bog iron/pig iron to wrought iron

[Saint Phlip]

Danr,

Rather than gas, use charcoal for the weldings. Not the briquets, the
lump charcoal. It's a bit more expensive, but if you're going to try
for period, you might as well use a period fuel ;-) Charcoal is nice
to weld with- none of the nasties that mineral coal has, and plenty of
heat. It will work fine in that forge you have. Shouldn't detract from
an adventure such as you're emabarking on using modern materials ;-)

Mean time, the garb I'm making is coming forward apace. We're dyeing
the dalmatica now- meantime, I'm cussing and stitching up my boots-
instructions were a bit wonky, and I managed to stitch in 3 ft of
seams that I had to take out and redo- you may have head me cussing
from over there ;-) Should be a sharp outfit, although it doesn't look
like the two-tone dyeing I'm attempting will work out quite the way I
intended. It's still in the dye vbath, so we we see after it's washed
and dried...

On Dec 31, 2007 1:30 PM, Daniel Kretchmar <dan at irontreeworks.com> wrote:
> I am going outside to the shop for the next few hours to try some of
> this.  I think I am going to try to refine some of the wrought iron
> first and then I think I'll try Bruce's idea first with the fold at
> the back of the knife.  I like David's idea, but I think that making a
> diamond after the weld will likely break the weld (at least my welds..
> :)
>
>  Thanks all!!  I'll let you know how it goes.
>
> Danr
>
> It's kinda strange but I feel like the name Danr Ketilsmidr (little
> kettle smith).....fits me more than Daniel Kretchmar, which I was born
> with.  I've had to start start backspacing when I type my name to
> delete the "r" in Danr to make it into Dan in business emails.
>
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