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Humidity and forge welding


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I have noted over the years that forging on rainy days, when the humidity is in the 90's, that I have more difficulty getting the fire as hot. I attribute this to there being more water in the fire, thus cooling. On dry days it's a little easier to forge and work the fire. On a related note, my shoulders hurt more when I work on a rainy days as well.
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If atmospheric conditions make any difference it would have to be affecting the fire surely. Once the metal is heated past water boiling temperature the water would become insignificant as it would just vapourise off and to start with there is not much.

As for the fire rainy weather could make a difference but remember, we often wet our coal before using it anyway. As for gassers it could change the air fuel mix a bit and for getting the temperatures necessary for welding this could be critical if your burner is only just big enough to start with.

I wonder if during hot, humid weather we are just a bit too quick to get away from the heat and just pull the job out a second or two earlier than we normally would as its not very comfy near a hot forge any time let alone with high humidity.

Now balance these ideas with all the electrons used in their creation :)

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