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Switched to a coal forge after years of gas and I get the hype now
I always thought coal was just messier for no reason, but I borrowed a buddy's setup for a weekend last month and welding with it felt way more forgiving. Got a billet to stick on my third try when I'd been fighting with gas for weeks. Anyone else find coal easier for certain things or am I just bad at tuning my burner?
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quinna8924d ago
Have you noticed the coal heat being more directional too, like you can focus it right on the weld line compared to gas?
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tarabell24d ago
Yeah, that directional thing is huge. I had the same realization when I switched for a weekend, you can really dial the heat right into a tight spot without blasting the whole blade. Gas always felt like I was heating up a whole room to try and cook one egg. With coal I got a clean weld on a cable damascus billet in two heats, whereas with gas I was redoing it five times because the scale kept forming wrong.
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Yeah isn't it wild how much control you get with coal? I had the exact same thing happen with a cable billet, gas would just scorch the outside before the core even got hot. Coal let me sneak up on the weld temp way more careful and it stuck the first time no problem.
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parker_palmer4424d ago
My first billet weld attempt with coal, I spent more time trying not to set my eyebrows on fire than actually watching the steel. Honestly the directional thing people go on about just felt like I was burning a hole in one specific spot instead of evenly heating everything. I don't think it's some secret forge magic, it's just different paint on the same brush.
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