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I have an idea for something that will involve the heating and bending of horseshoes.
I don't really want to go down the portapack route as it's probably only going to be a one-off thing.
I do have one of those carbon arc brazing attachments for an arc welder, I was thinking that might work?
Not the most controllable of things but they put out an awful lot of heat. The rods I've seen are mostly advertised as gouging rods but I assume as they're copper coated carbon they're no different to the ones used for brazing?
Any other options to consider for very occasional metal heating? I have propane but by the time I've rented an oxy cyl and bought regs, torch etc. it's just not worth it.
Oxy turbo kit might be worth considering if I can pick one up cheaply, I'm assuming that would put out enough heat to make a horseshoe bendable?
What about using a tig with a big tungsten but with no gas (I don't have any Argon and don't need any so don't really want to go through the expense of getting hold of a cylinder just to waste it heating things). What about hooking it up to my ar/co2 mix? I know it will contaminate the tungsten but as I won't be using it for welding would that be much of an issue?
Diy induction heater?
I don't really want to go down the portapack route as it's probably only going to be a one-off thing.
I do have one of those carbon arc brazing attachments for an arc welder, I was thinking that might work?
Not the most controllable of things but they put out an awful lot of heat. The rods I've seen are mostly advertised as gouging rods but I assume as they're copper coated carbon they're no different to the ones used for brazing?
Any other options to consider for very occasional metal heating? I have propane but by the time I've rented an oxy cyl and bought regs, torch etc. it's just not worth it.
Oxy turbo kit might be worth considering if I can pick one up cheaply, I'm assuming that would put out enough heat to make a horseshoe bendable?
What about using a tig with a big tungsten but with no gas (I don't have any Argon and don't need any so don't really want to go through the expense of getting hold of a cylinder just to waste it heating things). What about hooking it up to my ar/co2 mix? I know it will contaminate the tungsten but as I won't be using it for welding would that be much of an issue?
Diy induction heater?