[TheForge] Forge welding cable

[Dan Scheid]

bright is the wrong look. it could be stainless which is almost 
impossable to forge weld. does a magnet stick to it? also do you twist 
it tight while it is in the cherry range. first this I do is heat flux 
twist. then bring up to wielding heat. if you have a v block it makes it 
much easier to not blow it apart .

On 8/3/2010 11:20 PM, FireWorks PDX wrote:
> I have a length of bright steel cable (1-1/2" diameter) that I want to forge weld into a solid base for a sculpture. I'm using Z-weld flux. My first attempt failed, I think due to a lack of heat, but I dunno. Maybe I'm not getting flux in between the threads? Any advice? I'm going to check through Zoeller's site, too, but I figured sending it out to y'all might help.
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
> Fireworkspdx.com
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