Subject: Oil fired forge

From: [email-masked] (Clay Spencer)
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 23:15:04 -0400

At 9:22 AM 9/3/96, Noller, Joyce wrote:

>> Peter.
>That brings up an interesting question that I've pondered for a long
>time.  How feasible would a heating oil fired forge be?  Does anybody
>out there have any experience or comments?  Just curious.
>Larry

I don't have any experience with oil forges but we have on at John C.
Campbell that came from the blacksmith shop at Copperhill, Tennessee, when
they had the copper mining in operation. JCCFS has never had it in
operation, it came as part of a trade.
We could probably make you a real deal on it if you are interested.
clay

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From: Steve Herrick <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 02:15:25 -0700 (PDT)

I heard from a blacksmithing class the Stoody "build-up" rod was the thing
to use. It runs just like 7018, but from what I remember has a higher
manganese level. This makes the welds work hardenable, the more you use it
the harder it gets (up to a point). Use a good preheat and inter pass temp
follows by a slow cool. It worked great for my Peter Wright, when
repairing a crack from the hardy hole to a rear corner... :)

Hrolthgar -   [email-masked]
           Steve Herrick

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From: [email-masked] (Noller, Joyce)
Date: Tue, 03 Sep 1996 23:43:55 -0700

> We could probably make you a real deal on it if you are interested.
Okay, I'll bite, so how much does this thing weigh and what does it look
like?  I'm always interested in a new piece of clutter.  In all
seriousness though, I suspect that the shipping cost to get it up here
to the hinterlands of Alaska would be a little steep.  Thanks anyway.
Larry