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Posted by Steve Smith on December 3, 2006, 8:54 am
Please log in for more thread options So Alvin,
Do you ship those fancy bricks?
Steve
alvinj@XX.com wrote:
>>>~$3 each as opposed to ~$.50 each for the heavy firebricks.
>>>
>>>
>>Anyone have a good online source for these? AFAIK, there are no
>>pottery suppliers in my neck of the woods.
>>
>>
>
>What neck of the woods is that? :)
>
>Got mine at a brick yard in dumb ol Tucson. :)
>
>They had several to choose from, different top temperatures and
>different insulation levels. Mine are the most insulating and are
>just like (no kidding) the material inside the ceramic kilns. (was
>given a rusted out mess of a cermic kiln back in the late 80's)
>
>I was at the scrapyard one day and a couple guys were removing fire
>bricks from one of those rotary-glass-melters they use to make
>telescope mirrors at the UofA. Another college threw his whole
>works away, they found out where and high-tailed it over there and
>began stripping it of the more valuable parts. :) The fancy bricks.
>
>The bricks they were removing looked kinda like fused clear glass
>beads and the guys were telling me how similar they were to the
>space shuttle tiles etc. They gave me the distinct impression my
>bricks were "ho hum" bricks. ;)
>
>They looked like "mutt and jeff". :) I recognized the short fat one
>right away from TV (Science channel) and later saw the tall skinny
>one on TV.
>
>Anyway, insulated firebricks would be quick and easy to fool with
>but IMO, from what I've learned here, that isn't the best way to
>get something worth while for forging.
>
>"batting with a coating, inside a metal container" -a.c.b
>
>Cheaper and better both, right guys?
>
>Alvin in AZ (not a blacksmith)
>
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