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My wash drum forge project filled the block with smoke
I wanted to be more green and use leftover metal. So I picked up an old washing machine drum from the sidewalk. Once I heated it in the forge, the paint on it began to melt and smoke. A huge cloud of gray stuff blew all over the place. Someone down the street thought a building was burning and called 911. The fire guys came and just shook their heads at my setup. It was pretty funny after we all realized what happened.
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morgan.robert5h ago
Yikes, that paint is definitely nasty when it burns. A friend of mine welded a painted bracket once and got so lightheaded he had to sit down. Now we always grind off any coating before hitting it with heat.
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