Re: [ATM] Melting Pitch

["Richard Schwartz" <richas@earthlink.net>]

I think 140 degC is WAY TOO HOT.   I use 170 degF.    I leave the conversion
to the Englishmen who foisted their terrible unit system on us, and then
abandoned us colonials.

. . . Richard


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Royston_Jeremy@emc.com>
To: <cnc@cncservo.co.uk>
Cc: <atm@atmlist.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 9:17 AM
Subject: RE: [ATM] Melting Pitch


> Hello Richard,
> These days the people are a bunch of wimps. No risk, no fun!
> I melt it in a tin on the electric cooker using low heat, keep watching it
> all the time.
> You can also cover the tin with aluminium foil and put it in the oven,
> temperature about 140 deg C.
> Remember that melting pitch and trimming the lap can lead to domestic
stress
>
> Best wishes, Jerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: atm-bounces@atmlist.net [mailto:atm-bounces@atmlist.net] On Behalf
Of
> Richard
> Sent: Dienstag, 14. Juni 2005 17:59
> To: ATM List
> Subject: [ATM] Melting Pitch
>
> Hi ATMers,
>
> It's been many a decade since I melted pitch. In this safety
> conscious PC world, how do we melt it now?. The H&S (MSD) sheet
> says not to let e naked flame anywhere near it, yet I'm sure
> that's how I did it when I were a lad.
>
> One piece of information that I cannot find is the actual
> melting point of it. I'm using bitmumanous coal tar pitch called
> Gugolz 63 and 74. Is the Gugolz number equal to the melting
> point in degrees C by any chance?
>
> It's frightening the stuff you forget as you get older :(
>
> -- 
> Best regards,
>   Richard in the UK
>
>
>
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