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Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 10:33:09 +0100
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Subject: RE: [london-hack-space] Blacksmithing - Arc Furnaces!
From: Simon Howes <simonhowes...@googlemail.com>
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Yeah, I was just trollin' :)
But arc furnace =3D win, no?
Come on, tell me it doesnt make you geeksweat
On Sep 18, 2012 10:29 AM, "Paddy Duncan" <pad...@padski.co.uk> wrote:

> This is the first bit of bikeshedding I=92ve seen on this matter. For
> blacksmithing we don=92t need to melt tungsten or firebricks, just heat s=
teel
> to yellow. Evenly.****
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* london-hack-space@googlegroups.com [mailto:
> london-hack-space@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Simon Howes
> *Sent:* 18 September 2012 10:21
> *To:* london-hack-space@googlegroups.com
> *Subject:* [london-hack-space] Blacksmithing - Arc Furnaces!****
>
> ** **
>
> Ah, yellow may be harder to get with the kiln.
> Guys, all this bikeshedding on heating devices, I wonder if I might
> suggest an epic and quite easy to make kiln?****
>
> Youtube "carbon arc furnace diy" or somesuch now.
> You can make an extremly high temperature kiln from carbon rods, a 100%
> duty cycle mig/arc/tig welder and some inert gas/flow equipment. And a
> bunch of firebricks. The hack I was looking at on youtube melted tungsten
> *and* the firebricks in about 5 mins!****
>
> Surely we could build something more advanced than this?
> And quite easily...****
>
> Main cost would be inert gas - so its in our interest to make it at least
> a bit airtight. Fire cement, fire bricks and a bit of welding?****
>

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<p>Yeah, I was just trollin&#39; :)<br>
But arc furnace =3D win, no? <br>
Come on, tell me it doesnt make you geeksweat</p>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sep 18, 2012 10:29 AM, &quot;Paddy Duncan&quo=
t; &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:pad...@padski.co.uk">pad...@padski.co.uk</a>&gt; w=
rote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"ma=
rgin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div lang=3D"EN-US" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple"><div><p class=3D"MsoNorm=
al"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;s=
ans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">This is the first bit of bikeshedding I=92ve=
 seen on this matter. For blacksmithing we don=92t need to melt tungsten or=
 firebricks, just heat steel to yellow. Evenly.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Ca=
libri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"><u></u>=A0<u></u></span><=
/p><div style=3D"border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0=
cm 0cm 0cm">
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot=
;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span style=3D"font-s=
ize:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> <a href=
=3D"mailto:london-hack-space@googlegroups.com" target=3D"_blank">london-hac=
k-space@googlegroups.com</a> [mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:london-hack-space@go=
oglegroups.com" target=3D"_blank">london-hack-space@googlegroups.com</a>] <=
b>On Behalf Of </b>Simon Howes<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 18 September 2012 10:21<br><b>To:</b> <a href=3D"mailto:london=
-hack-space@googlegroups.com" target=3D"_blank">london-hack-space@googlegro=
ups.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [london-hack-space] Blacksmithing - Arc Furn=
aces!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=A0<u></u></p><p>Ah, yellow may be hard=
er to get with the kiln.<br>Guys, all this bikeshedding on heating devices,=
 I wonder if I might suggest an epic and quite easy to make kiln?<u></u><u>=
</u></p>
<p>Youtube &quot;carbon arc furnace diy&quot; or somesuch now.<br>You can m=
ake an extremly high temperature kiln from carbon rods, a 100% duty cycle m=
ig/arc/tig welder and some inert gas/flow equipment. And a bunch of firebri=
cks. The hack I was looking at on youtube melted tungsten *and* the firebri=
cks in about 5 mins!<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>Surely we could build something more advanced than this?<br>And quite ea=
sily...<u></u><u></u></p><p>Main cost would be inert gas - so its in our in=
terest to make it at least a bit airtight. Fire cement, fire bricks and a b=
it of welding?<u></u><u></u></p>
</div></div></blockquote></div>

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