wootz blade welded back together

Gt Obach · 21st December 2006, 05:12 PM

both Ann and Ric are great people

the sand fluxs i've tried work well but at a very high heat... for wrought and bloom steel.. .. at least these fluxs were very thick and goobery at an orange heat.. it would be very hard to squeeze this out of the weld boundary during hammering...
-- not sure on the rice ash... ( impossible to find around here... )

it maybe that something was added to the borax to lower its melting point... if borax wasn't there.... then i'm not sure at all

maybe flurospar... .. never worked it and don't want too either... bad fumes
-- but its a very aggressive flux agent

Greg

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21st December 2006, 05:12 PM	#15
Gt Obach Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 116	both Ann and Ric are great people the sand fluxs i've tried work well but at a very high heat... for wrought and bloom steel.. .. at least these fluxs were very thick and goobery at an orange heat.. it would be very hard to squeeze this out of the weld boundary during hammering... -- not sure on the rice ash... ( impossible to find around here... ) it maybe that something was added to the borax to lower its melting point... if borax wasn't there.... then i'm not sure at all maybe flurospar... .. never worked it and don't want too either... bad fumes -- but its a very aggressive flux agent Greg