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smelting

Yes, would be cool if you could bring photography gear..Its a smelting, hands on forging demo.Not sure if you are up to swinging a hammer yet.
 
after doing a bit more research and finding that most steels melt at around 1800c i think i am still going to buy the tiny torch but ill use it to assist in the building of my forge. thanks for the info and the cool thermite smelting pick
 
I have the whole process on a slide show from start to finish. Aluminum is the fuel and it barrows an O2 molecule from the iron oxide. About 75% of the iron gets burnt in the process. Since then I have learned how to slow the process down and not loose quite as much iron. It is still a long ways from becomming a predictable and consistant way to make iron. But the learning process is very facinating and with each charge I am taking notes and getting better results.

http://groups.msn.com/Brentscustomknives/thermiterun12906.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=83
 
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