Frosty Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 You can get recycled rubber live stock buckets and feed dishes. Freezing and some contact with hot steel doesn't hurt them at all. I only keep a quench bucket around to keep the holding end cool or prevent tongs from getting too hot. OR have a place to dunk a burned body part. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanL Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Poor fingers... Speaking of burnt fingers, my friend wants to give me an aloe plant so I can continue the first aid. Seems like a good thing to have in the house when forging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 You can buy Aloe gel as sunburn lotion that's much handier, portable and . . . well just handy. I couldn't keep an aloe plant in my shop in the summer and the one in the kitchen window is the kitchen plant. It's only good for 1st. and low 2nd.degree burns as 1st. aid. worse and you need serious 1st. aid and maybe an emergency room. If you can get it Silvadine is THE hands down best 1st. ointment for burns. Learn the proper procedures! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkie Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 I use the aloe gel quite a lot............DUH!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matto Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I use pure chlorophyl I get it from my chiropractor it is amazing stuff. The US army was going to use it in World War II but did not want the dark green goo on it's soldiers. Has heeled good 2nd degree burn on me with minimal to no scaring. It has a natural pain relief and helps in cell heeling and new skin growth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copper Elf Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 17 hours ago, Frosty said: OR have a place to dunk a burned body part. I can relate to that, which is why I get narked when people leave metal in the quench and boil the water! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnttoast Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 picked up this stainless pony keg at the scrap yard.24" x 10".....tall enough, cheap, stable, rust free and has handles, score ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 4 hours ago, arkie said: 2 hours ago, matto said: I use pure chlorophyl I get it from my chiropractor it is amazing stuff. The US army was going to use it in World War II but did not want the dark green goo on it's soldiers. Has heeled good 2nd degree burn on me with minimal to no scaring. It has a natural pain relief and helps in cell heeling and new skin growth. I use the aloe gel quite a lot............DUH!!!!! Maybe Arkie should give it a try he seems to use a lot of aloe. Chlorophyll might help him turn a new leaf. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I knew you couldn't leaf this alone, but I suppose we can make aloeances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Make aloeances?! Are you insinuating I'm some sort of sap? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 That wouldn't be a vera nice thing to say would it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 It might have drip a peal. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 This thread really is starting to gel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkie Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I'm about to get my choloro-FILL of it...... (touche') Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matto Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 this is the ointment I use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beammeupscotty Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 If there is such a thing as a "quench bucket", it seems it is necessarily something dedicated to hardening and tempering. I don't have one. What I have is a slack tub. Contrary to what some people here seem to think, I have never seen a professional blacksmith shop without one. They are particularly essential if you are forging with gas because forges running that fuel seem to heat up everything. You need a slack tub to isolate the heat to the area you want to work on. Even something as simple as forging a point is made easier if the entire piece of stock is not flopping around because 12 inches of it are red hot, when all you need is one inch. When using coal or coke, my preferred fuels, it is still often necessary to use it to isolate heat, cool tongs and tools and to control the spread of the fire. Although I understand that the carbon content of A36 can vary, I have never encountered a problem with quenching it. If brittleness is a concern, you just let your work normalize at ambient temperature after your last heat. I've been using it for 25 years without any trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 As stated before my experience is different but with only 35 years experience. Different folks different strokes! Excellent point on the difference between a slack tub and a quench tank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimsShip Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Ausfire, your shop is very nice, but those cars in the back round are awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 17 hours ago, arkie said: I'm about to get my choloro-FILL of it...... (touche') I see you've made the synthesis, get a picture. (tag) Frosty The Lucky. Where do you get the ointment Matto? I'm up for trying new stuff. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkie Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 On 12/30/2015 at 9:19 PM, Frosty said: Maybe Arkie should give it a try he seems to use a lot of aloe. Chlorophyll might help him turn a new leaf. Frosty The Lucky. Flash!!! Update!!! I was forging two identical pieces today. Go-by piece was cold. Laid them side by side to see if they were coming out the same. Don't have to tell you what happened next.......... Aloe.... again. Gotta try that chloro-FILL !!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 <sigh> Did you see a puff of flame? Last time I grabbed something TOO hot I saw the flame puff out around the piece. Very superficial 4th. Charred and shiny fingers, no finger prints and a FAST dive for the slack bucket. No, it didn't take me long to look at that piece, no siree. Fortunately Pat has Silvadine on the shelf being a caster. I broke a very ingrained rule of mine, a couple actually. There were a number of guys working per station at a meeting and I got slack. I ASSUMED everybody was letting work cool before putting it on the bench. and my biggest blunder I didn't follow the "hesitate before touching" rule. Always but ALWAYS hesitate a couple inches fro the piece BEFORE you touch it, then approach slowly. Give your fingers a moment to feel heat before grabbing stuff. Even then around 250f. things are getting hot enough to burn you if you pick it up and at around 400f will stick to you like a steak in a dry frying pan. Then again anyone practicing this craft IS going to get burned, bruised, shed a little blood and lots of sweat just as a carpenter will get splinters. It all goes with the craft. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkie Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 5 hours ago, Frosty said: <sigh> Did you see a puff of flame? Last time I grabbed something TOO hot I saw the flame puff out around the piece. Very superficial 4th. Charred and shiny fingers, no finger prints and a FAST dive for the slack bucket. No, it didn't take me long to look at that piece, no siree. Frosty The Lucky. No flames, thank goodness. Same as yours...no fingerprints. Trying to play cards today, kinda hard to deal and work with the cards without them!!! Two major causes of burns tends to be inattention to what's hot and what's not, and being in a hurry. The latter will git 'ya everytime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gote Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I prefer to have my.txt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Galvanized mop bucket for me, raised up on chunk of Ibeam (my old makeshift anvil) so the top of the bucket is level with the anvil and forge table. I always keep an eye out for metal buckets at the scrap yard and garage sales, those little Mexican beer pails are useful for clinker and ash. Gotta get me an aluminum beer keg now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliffrat Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Have you burned up your compressor yet? Those small compressor tanks make a great quench tub. Cut the top off and put a handle on it. The wheels allow for easy relocation when needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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