Subject: Re: Gasketing & Slick Forge

From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 25 May 1996 10:36:29 -0400

I'm surprised no one has picked on the fiberglass vs. asbestos gasketing yet.
 Fiberglass should be fine.  Glass does melt at forge temperatures, but only
at the center of the fire.  The big problem with asbestos (aside from lung
cancer) is the fact that most jurisdictions are now classifying it as toxic
waste.  Hardly anyone manufactures it anymore, you can't ship it, etc.  Try
the fiberglass first.

Pete Engle

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From: Jim McCarty <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 13:03:26 -0500

> waste.  Hardly anyone manufactures it anymore, you can't ship it, etc.  Try

The glass should work. The other day I was forging and noticed a lot 
of my air was going out the ash dump -- I tucked a piece of cardboard 
in and it was still there at the end of the day.
-- 
Jim McCarty
Father Helias Forge
Taos, MO
³Foolish consistencies are the hobgoblins of little minds²