Quote Originally Posted by Caradoc View Post
Yeah. I've read Paw-Paw's story.

However, at the time I was doing the mail, I already knew that zinc offgassing is *bad*.

That'd be why we did the heating to burn-off in a heat-treating kiln primarily used for bladesmithing that contained a scrubbing system in its ventilation.

The guy who built it uses it for historical reproduction works involving hazardous materials, including mercury, arsenic, antimony, and other nasties. It works very well for heating things that you really don't want to breathe (negatively pressuring a kiln is an interesting exercise to say the least.)

thats one sweet sounding kiln!!! well, in that cercumstance, I guess it was ok. don't feel bad, I've done some very dumb things myself, (about a month ago, I was trying to cast some ingots out of lead... in my basement. . so, I've had a fair share of heavy metal exposure. and worst of all... I am only 17. (I would say that general assumptions about teenagers being a bit on the slow side are true. ;) )

~Casey