Re: [ATM] Making the pitch tool

[Guy Brandenburg <gfbrandenburg@yahoo.com>]

A hot plate is much, much safer than a camp stove.
Outdoors is very good. Have a fire extinguisher handy
just in case; having a lid you can put on top if a
small fire develops is probably better.
Guy B

--- John Stephen <atmlist.net@johnstephen.org> wrote:

> Thanks, that is inexpensive but I'm a hasty
> impatient fool and can't stand 
> the idea of waiting for the UPS guy to drive from
> Kentucky to California :-)
> 
> Regardless, somebody replied to me off-list and
> suggested using a camp 
> stove.  I like this idea because I already own one
> and I can easily set it 
> up outdoors on a wide open concrete surface in case
> I do something stupid. 
> In any case, I still intend to use a double boiler
> to prevent overheating.
> 
> - John
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Lindner" <mikell@optonline.net>
> To: "John Stephen" <atmlist.net@johnstephen.org>;
> "ATM List" 
> <atm@atmlist.net>
> Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 7:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [ATM] Making the pitch tool
> 
> 
> > On Friday 15 October 2004 07:22 pm, John Stephen
> wrote:
> >> Thanks for the tip Dale.
> >>
> >> Do you (or anyone else) have any clever ways of
> melting the pitch?  My
> >> stove is gas and I don't own a hotplate :-(
> >
> > I can't speak to the absolute danger of melting
> over gas, but I do know 
> > pitch
> > itself is quite flammable. Ya know, $10 is rather
> cheap insurance...
> >
> >
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00024L706
> >
> > P.S. Pitch melts at about 150 degrees F. It does
> not heat up in a 
> > microwave
> > (don't ask) although you can melt it under water
> in a microwave.
> >
> > Clear skies.
> > -- 
> > Michael Lindner
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> >
> > 
> 
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