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From: wayner@otc.otca.oz (Wayne Robinson)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca,trial.rec.metalworking
Subject: Re: Blacksmithing
Message-ID: <1815@otc.otca.oz>
Date: 23 Jul 90 23:02:07 GMT
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in article <26A74055.33FE@intercon.com>, amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker) says:
> Xref: otc rec.org.sca:529 trial.rec.metalworking:3
> 
> [In which we discover yet another random skill out of my past...]
> 
> In article <LEGOWIK.90Jul20100927@knight.cme.nist.gov>, legowik@cme.nist.gov
> (Steven Legowik) writes:
>> I personally prefer coal over charcoal. I think it last longer and
>> burns hotter.


We use coke as we found that (Australian) Coal tends to carburise the
steel excessively. I guess it's all right if you use mild steel, but most
of the High carbon steels tend to go brittle. I have never been able
to weld using coal either as I can't get the steel hot enough.

				Wayne.