Cool! At least I didn't have to jump your butt over that one. ;)
Found it right off... used Martin's posted-link and hit the
"welding compounds & babbit" button.
There are ways to deal with that sort of crap. :)
I call my method "passive-aggresive".
Anybody else here ever see the short-film called
"The Passive Aggresive Gunslinger"?
The "bad" bad guy ended up shooting himself due to massive
amounts of frustration caused by the P-A "gunslinger". :)
Alvin in AZ
ps- cool thread, P! :)
Here is one idea - I don't use it not in my bag of need/tricks.
http://www.centaurforge.com/prodinfo.asp?number=SF
Martin
Martin H. Eastburn
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Trevor Jones wrote:
There may be something to that- not just in the flux itself, but also
in the reflective heat from the melted flux on the fire brick. I used
a lot of the stuff, and ended up with a layer of molten flux on the
firebrick that was brighter colorwise than the brick itself ever got.
It does indeed foam up, I can't argue with that- but if it's applied
hot, it seems to stick pretty well. Of course, I am saying that
without having anhydrous borax to compare it to. I've got the 20 Mule
team stuff simply because it was at the grocery store, and I may as
well use it up before I special order the better product. If I had to
have a complaint regarding the laundry borax, it'd be that it's really
sticky, nasty stuff when it's melted- but that may be true of any
flux, for all I know about it.
I did get a pretty good idea that I had stumbled onto more or less the
right mix after reading the pattern-welded blade book as suggested.
It really hasn't been a painful process, I'm just a meticulous
collector of information after having done plenty of things the wrong
way the first time, and then discovering that asking one or two more
questions might have saved me a lot of time and effort!
I may take you up on that just for the fun of it, as I recently made a
blade for a guy I work with for his father's Christmas present, in
exchange for his solemn vow to help me get a coal forge scrounged up
and welded together, and another look at a coal fire in action might
get me fired up about getting it done before he forgets! I still like
the gas forge fine, but I'm discovering that if I want to do any big
ornimental work (and I do) the ability to shape the fire is a big plus
that I'm missing out on.
BTW- have you had a chance to get any of those cams tested out? I've
still got the prints if you need some more, and we'll be getting some
new optics for the laser soon, which will make the whole deal a lot
easier.
Last time I was in the soap department there was 20 Mule team Borax Laundry soap
and 20 Mule team Borax scrubbing compound. The scrubbing I think is more Borax.
It might be in a different section or down the isle from the other.
Martin
Martin H. Eastburn
@ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net
TSRA, Life; NRA LOH & Patron Member, Golden Eagle, Patriot's Medal.
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder
IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member.
http://lufkinced.com /
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