johnptc

McMaster-Carr has 1/16 inch thick

borax is fine

i worried about it alot around the shop when the kids were little.

i will check.......the nicest ones were gifts :(

by inhalation ? :D

yes to play and make

here is a loose brick oven built over the fire pot

you can use borax to protect the steel and flux the weld:)

when you heat the metal does it get yellow hot and give off tiny sparks........that is the max temp range you will need you could add a few firebricks to help contain the heat on three sides. the slow heat is to ensure the interior of the stack is as hot as the outside thinking pattern welding here for blades

also machines well

what kind of SS ?? welded ?? are you near the ocean ?? also is it polished or rough ??

the high magnetic field induces and electric current in a metallic object whether ferrous or not. it is really an AC magnetic field and it switches back and forth in polarity it wont work with DC except for one initial pulse

high current in the heating coil creates a very strong magnetic field this field in turn produces high electrical current in the piece to be heated...like a reverse electric magnet. the hi current flow in the work piece heats it up just like running current thru an electric heater.

high current not voltage :(

high carbon steel: simple ones like 1080 or 1090 or tool steels like o1 w1 a2 etc

how about a layer of fire brick ???

420V is available at www.mcmaster.com nickel and high carbon give great contrast

uvex makes several lens that adsorb 75% to 95% of the IR. see http://www.uvex.us/uploadedFiles/Company/FAQ/Maintenance/UvexLensTechnology.pdf near the end cobalt infra dur shade 3.0 and 5.0 they make them in a flip up configuration called uvex horizontal flip up this seems to me to offer at great deal of protection for about $30. they will also serve as safety glasses and fit over many prescription frames. has anybody tried these ??? comments ???

you will fill any space you build........go for the biggest space you can afford or build with expansion in mind

most of the time due to radiant heat and forge fleas

for instance McMaster-Carr

vascowear was made by teledyne metals try crucible metals cruwear http://www.crucibleservice.com/datash/dscruwearv5b.pdf?CFID=185017&CFTOKEN=59781645

the table i found shows 300 series 440c and a couple of ph grades all to be about the same at 20C http://www.euro-inox.org/pdf/map/Tables_TechnicalProperties_EN.pdf around page 15 on

thanks i thought i might be on the do not reply list:) seems like it would help anywhere the heat gets sucked out by the tooling and you dont need points or edges to hold up.

also McMaster-Carr :)