stonetrooper Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I recently finished reading a great book called "The Joys of Forging with Galvanized Metal" by Iman Eediot. It shows all sorts of things to forge by heating galvanized bolts and other galvanized metal. I emailed the author to tell him how much I enjoyed the book but oddly enough was told that he died shortly after publication. Does anybody have any thoughts on this book? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Caradoc Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 well the fact that the zinc releases a poisonous gas when heated makes me think forging galvanized metal is a bad idea. Not to be morbid but the zinc poisoning could be what killed the author. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerkid Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Yeah thats what came to my mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nthe10ring Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Check the authors name fellas, looks like a grins and giggles post. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete46 Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Ha I Get It! Thanks Jerry! Stonetrooper That's Some Funny Stuff ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonetrooper Posted June 9, 2008 Author Share Posted June 9, 2008 Thanks. I'll be here all day. I have read of the dangers of forging with galvanized metal on another site and, being new to blacksmithing, would have easily made that deadly mistake had I not. There are other guys out there I've seen on the forum that are new that may not know of the consequences of forging galvanized metal. I figure it can never be repeated too many times. Check out this link of a very experienced blacksmith who, for some unknown reason, decided to forge with galvanized steel and died shortly after.Shop Safety III Zinc Metal Fume Fever If anyone wants to donate money to a fund for Iman, send a check to my home address and I'll be sure his children, Bigtime Eediot and Shesure Izzan Eediot, get it. You can make the check out to my name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Leppo Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I attended a demo Saturday where the Gent used 3/4" EMT forged into a candle socket. He said he soaked it in muratic acid first, before forging, to remove the plating. Any comments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 You may want to do a search of Zinc (71 hits), Fume Fever (15 hits), etc on IForgeIron. There is much more information presented, and discussed on the subject, which includes many off site references such AWS (American Welding Society) health and fact sheets, medical papers, etc. Zinc if not the only heavy metals (or the worst heavy metal) a blacksmith will encounter. YOU must read the material posted on IFI (and other sites) to gather the information and knowledge to stay safe. PPW (Jim Wilson) was a member of IForgeIron. HE was the first person to alert me to the dangers of heavy metal poisoning, fume fever, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerkid Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I GET IT NOW!!! I`am a little slow today LOL! Thats funny, but ZINC posioning ain`t . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nett Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Muriatic acid is an accepted way of removing zinc from iron. It's fine for small objects, but gets to be a problem with large objects. I have no desire to have a acid pickle vat around that is larger then five gallons. After removing the zinc the acid turns into zinc chloride which can be used as solder flux. That's assuming you saturate the pickle with enough zinc. I was taught to make made flux this way many years ago. I would a cut zinc mason jar lid with tin snips and toss small pieces into the acid. When the acid stopped reacting, it zinc chloride - Flux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerkid Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I think I`ll just pass on all that nett! LOL I`ll use borax LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nett Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Hammerkid, that's solder flux, not welding flux. Zinc chloride is the active ingredient in most solder fluxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerkid Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 okay I missed that LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dablacksmith Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 this is a interesting thread! i had seen posts on various boards from "paw paw" and knew he had passed but didnt know the contributeing factor! ive known about zinc for a long time ... i worked at a sprinkler fitter shop and had the shop foreman try to tell me zink fumes wernt a problem... then a few weeks later they had a fancy new fume vacume for parts being welded in zinc coated pipe (probably did some research and realized the liability) .. its something that can sneak up on ya ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt87 Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Paw Paw's death was truly a waste, but serves as an eternal reminder to us all; you might get away with cutting that corner or disabling that safety device 100 times, or you might die the first. It doesn't matter whether you're a greenhorn or a veteran if you know better, don't do it. Aged 1 or 100 you die just as dead just as easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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