Would any one say this would be good for heating up Steel in a forge?
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Caleb, if it was sheet metal (thin) with mapp gas, maybe, For me I would try to pickup a small oxy-acetylene used set, much hotter flame and you can use it for brazing, welding, cutting, and heating.
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Hello in response to your question no this is for using to heat a surface then use a medium for the metal and job requirements.I recommend a arc welder called a stick welder or mig or tig depending on the material and requirements .Doing research on metal type and available methods practice practice and patience are key and a steady hand. Hope this helps.
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Basically the answer is no, it won't get hot enough. These were designed for melting lead for bullets and fishing weights. Pewter can be melted as well.
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Maybe...if you build darn near a blast furnace under it. Any fire hot enough to "melt" or even distort this thing is way too hot to cook over. You would burn the outside into a piece of charcoal and still have raw meet inside. Personally though, I've never had a problem like that. It's made of very rugged steel. I really like it.
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Maybe for a tack weld. Other than that, too much heat would be generated. If it was me I wouldn't do it. it is way easier just to clamp the material to a steel welding table with steel clamps.
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I've only done electronics soldering next to this thing. It --slowly-- draws in the smoke/fumes from the flux quite well and the filter seems to absorb them well. You do have to keep your work close to the unit - and I think that's why it does a slow convection - so it doesn't cool off your work. I like it because I don't like to wear little masks because they fog up any glasses that I wear. To be honest, I'm not sure how it would do around welding. I would think that if you're generating lots of sparks then there might be an issue with how close you can get the unit to your work without blasting it with cast-off and melting the filter or pitting the plastic housing. But, if you're talking about brazing - then I think it'll do the job. The housing is plastic, not metal, so it might be a concern around any sparking cast off. However - if you are doing any soldering - then this is a great unit - and you might just get it for that and then try it out next to your welding jobs.
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I would think it would work great. Based on how it worked on my steel stove. Stove is steel - pipe is steel - it is just a black paste, I would think it would work fine.
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If the wire is steel, I rather doubt it. My steel crucible shows no melt from an hour of direct heat. An oxyacetylene torch can melt it for sure, but propane just doesn't burn hot enough.
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I used it with a Weller soldering gun to repair a leak in a stainless steel pan. It worked very well. The type of iron/gun that you need will depend on what you are soldering since you need to raise the temperature of the item to the melting temp, but it should work fine.
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No, it is a good soldering iron but it is not good for a torch hrink or anything else besides having their tips on it. Home Depot sells a good cheap 1 $20 $25 that we use for soldering with you open flame and to shrink wrap with it
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It can. I used this to make a small forge furnace and painted it with black high-temp spray paint with no problems.
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I'm sure you could..but you'd be heating a very large area..I would use a solder gun to melt old solder..which is typically 700 to 750 degrees..
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Most definitely. Cast iron items were used on open flames by the pioneers. My sister uses it on her gas top stove all the time and loves the way food turns out. Nothing like cast iron.
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Yes, it can work but, you have to use the biggest tip and limit the amount of metal that is being melted and try to keep the crucible from losing heat by some means. It is great for repairs and assembly and I think is really designed around that.
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It's not the best soldering iron but it would work great I bet for making battle damage on plastic.
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i would say yes. i read a review that 1 customer would burn a small fire in his grill to roast marshmellows. and i quess it would help burn out the food residue if any. you just cant beat cast iron.
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I am a huge fan of carbon steel and this is no exception. This warms quicker than cast and is a little less even on heating, but that allows you to take advantage of "hot spots". Only thing I would suggest is to use it on a grill, gas range, or wood cook stove. Not so great on electric ranges but that is what I use. Hope this helps.