Damascus Mike Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Can alcoline be used as a forge welding flux? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat pete Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 http://www.biotechnologie-kempe.de/html/alcoline-engl. borax is the cheapest and best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimcat27 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 what about lime or shellstone I can get both of them for free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
781 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 (edited) Saw an 80 blacksmith from Canada forge weld using a oxy propane rosebud and barn lime. There is two types of lime slacked and unslacked One has water and one not. He said the wrong one a bag and a 55 gal barrel of water was enough to get rid of a body He started blacksmithng in Germany just after WW2 and said there they ground up bricks as flux Personaly I use anhydrous borax I buy in 60# bags from a chemical warehouse and then sell at conferences by the # Last month tried to set the shop on fire when I had two bags of shreaded paper too close to the power hammer. When I wacked the billet the flux sprayed out and onto the bags. Yesterdays pants and shirt got little burn holes from not wearing and apron also. It really sprays but that is getting rid of the oxide which is what we want. Edited April 17, 2009 by steve sells embarrasing typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveh Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 A question for you 781,was that gent's name John Adolph by any chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Leppo Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 He started blacksmithng in Germany just after WW2 and said there they ground up pricks as flux is this a typo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Lime is not as active a flux as borax. Borax runs me less than $10 a year, fuel for the forge usually runs me a dollar or two an hour. I could walk to town for free but I sure would rather drive even though it takes money---and I'm nortoriously cheap. I mean Frugal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
781 Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Yes it was John Adolph If you get a chance to go to any demo he is doing GO see him Great talk on flame straightening Pricks Bricks no spell check and bad fingers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damascus Mike Posted April 18, 2009 Author Share Posted April 18, 2009 i thought this thread was about alcoline as a flux not lime? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Mike, threads start with a question and go from there. Many times they stay close to the subject at hand, other times they change direction completely. This is why we use the search engines, to find the material we are interested in no matter where it is located. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damascus Mike Posted April 18, 2009 Author Share Posted April 18, 2009 search engines as in google?im just worried about viruses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimcat27 Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 you will not get a virus from Google and if your that worried about them just switch to Linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cross Pein Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Mike, You can perform a search from any (i believe) of the forum pages. Just look at the green bar at the top of the screen. The search is right next to New Posts (which is also a very handy tool.) Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 IForgeIron has 3 search engines, one for the opening / home page, one for the forum, and one for the gallery. Each engine searches just that one area, and each gives different results for the same search criteria. Each search engine has the quick search feature, or you can click on the advanced search feature and refine and narrow your query. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Hale Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Rabbit trails,,,,,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damascus Mike Posted April 18, 2009 Author Share Posted April 18, 2009 oh ok ill try it now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unkle spike Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Rabbit trails,,,,,,, An owl only says "who" because it knows no better.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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