[TheForge] flux proof forge floors ?

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Thanks Mark...i'll relay that information.

williamsiron at comcast.net wrote:
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> I've got a piece of silicon carbide as the floor of my gas forge. I can't see any damage to it over 4 or more years of use. I got mine for free when the art dept at school had some kiln shelving that cracked and they gave it to me. Like you, I cut it with a masonry saw. As for what it's worth, the Chile Forge in Texas is selling pieces 7" by 12" or 7 by 16 for $25 or 35 each. 
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> 
> Mark Williams 
> 
> Snow Hill, Maryland 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer" <artgawk at thegrid.net> 
> To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net> 
> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 11:34:39 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] flux proof forge floors ? 
> 
> Kinda fishing around here...The story.... 
> An old friend died a while back, he was a potter and a packrat in the 
> grand sense of the word. 
> A mutual friend bought the property and is cleaning it out for his own 
> mess. I just returned from there with a flatbed of bedframes. 
> One of the stacks in the yard he wants to sell consists of 1" thick 
> carbide kiln shelves, about 2'X 2'. I'd guess there are about 30 of them 
> more or less. They are all mildly warped. 
> I've had part of one as a floor for my Sandia forge and it seems 
> unchanged by the heat. I cut it with a carbide masonry disk..scoring on 
> both sides, then breaking it off. 
> These puppies are not light and were gawdawful expensive new. 
> Any idea what they are worth? Any interest from you guys in some of 
> them? Any suggestions? 
> They are in Old Edna, near San Luis Obispo in central CA...pete 
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