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DAMMIT MAN !!! very good .. we have a pipe at work we use as a heater when its cold out.. its in the fab shop.. the pipe is about 16 inches long with a plate welded on one end so it with stand vertically.. theres a 1 1/4 in. or so hole just above the plate in the pipe.. the pipe has about 3 inches of scrap metal , nuts, & bolts in it.. we light a cutting torch & put the tip into the hole, as all the scrap metal heats up, the heat radiates out warming the shop .. we have also used it as a mini forge too , by cutting openings to stick things into til they are cherry red to bend & shape .. we used ours cause it was handi.. your plan looks to work much better.. really cool flick ..

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Very good, very good in deed.
I have a home made forge I put together.
Lid from a "Brinkman" smoker, fire box lined with fire brick.
Electric blower with a damper, and use coal from my mother in law.
I will have to drag it out and show yall.

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Jack....not only are you an inspiration...but Indeed one Slick dude!!!! Thanks for sharing that Way cool skit...I always learn sumthin from your doin's and site!!!

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Originally posted by redintn ...and use coal from my mother in law...

As opposed to coal from a mine????

What I made it for originally was heating up some 1/2" square to make a ring about 5" in diameter.

The stuff in the video was just investigating possibilities...

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Believe it or not, she still heats the house with the stuff.
She is close to 80, lives it the hills of Kentucky.
Granted an OA set would be faster, but it is fun to do things "old fashion", and cheaper.

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quote:

Originally posted by redintn Believe it or not, she still heats the house with the stuff. She is close to 80, lives it the hills of Kentucky. Granted an OA set would be faster, but it is fun to do things "old fashion", and cheaper.

Good for her. You see people that just fade away because they convince themselves that they're finished because they've reached 70, or 60, or even 50, years old.

And yeah, my motivation was pretty much that a bag of coal is £7, filling Oxy-A bottles is £130...

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I think I'm going to give forge welding a go...

I have never seen forge welding. That should be good.

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Originally posted by bonustoolkit I have never seen forge welding. That should be good.

Nor have I.

So at the very least it should be amusing....

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Forge welding is not that hard to do.
A helper is almosta must.
Flux (borax) is needed as well.
Get your metal white hot, clean with a stainless brush.
Apply flux, put the 2 pieces together and beat the snot out of them.
Sparks should fly when you are hitting the weld.

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Borax.

In Europe.

Not quite so easy these days, thank you Brussels.

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Bloody hell, we can get Borax from the supermarket.

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Originally posted by Neo Dutch Bloody hell, we can get Borax from the supermarket.

So could we until quite recently.

Just got some off of E-Bay.

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No Borax? Is that now a crystal meth ingredient?

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