Smelting, Melting, Foundry, and Casting

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1. Food Safe Bronze? 1 2 3 4 7

   By GandalftheGold, October 2, 2017   

   • safety
   • casting
   • (and 2 more)

     Tagged with:

     • safety
     • casting
     • cookwear
     • bronze
   • 167 replies
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   • ThomasPowers
   • October 31, 2017

3. Clip of zinc burning in a crucible of brass

   By eseemann, October 24, 2017
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   • eseemann
   • October 25, 2017

4. i wonder if this will work? 1 2

   By CraftyWolf, May 31, 2011
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   • ThomasPowers
   • October 15, 2017

5. Melting steel in an enclosed clay container (NOT CASTING)

   By Matthias 0311, August 13, 2017
   • 13 replies
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   • ThomasPowers
   • August 30, 2017

6. Casting flint lock parts

   By RevWar, August 27, 2017   

   • muskets
   • 18th century
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     • muskets
     • 18th century
     • blacksmithing
   • 4 replies
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   • ThomasPowers
   • August 28, 2017

7. PW Belt Buckle

   By ThomasPowers, August 28, 2017
   • 1 reply
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   • Tommie Hockett
   • August 28, 2017

8. Bronze belt buckle

   By Brasso, August 8, 2017
   • 2 replies
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   • ThomasPowers
   • August 8, 2017

9. Wooden Molds

   By Coherent, August 8, 2017
   • 3 replies
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   • ThomasPowers
   • August 8, 2017

10. Early medieval silver cross from Gotland - production.

    By Ibor, June 21, 2017
    • 3 replies
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    • Lou L
    • August 3, 2017

11. Sacrifice mold making

    By Bronzebullion, July 31, 2017   

    • metal casting
    • 7 replies
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    • Frosty
    • July 31, 2017

12. Smelting aluminium with a blowtorch

    By T4G0R, July 10, 2017
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    • Frosty
    • July 26, 2017

13. what is the cheapest I could cast these things at assuming i'm casting using an 80% zinc alloy?

    By Daverubin9640, July 24, 2017
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    • Latticino
    • July 25, 2017

14. grog?

    By TheWalrus, July 22, 2017
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    • OddDuck
    • July 24, 2017

15. bloomery

    By ks3680, July 18, 2017
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    • basher
    • July 19, 2017

16. Notes from archeo-smelter camp (pic heavy)

    By Gergely, July 6, 2017
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    • Gergely
    • July 7, 2017

17. A Decent Refractory Cement?

    By The_Kobalt, July 2, 2017
    • 5 replies
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    • ThomasPowers
    • July 2, 2017

18. Wanting to get into casting/melting

    By Sabayn, June 15, 2017
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    • Sabayn
    • June 16, 2017

19. Foundry design evaluation

    By frazzgrun, June 2, 2017
    • 5 replies
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    • ThomasPowers
    • June 3, 2017

20. Half bearing for a sorghum mill

    By Momatt, March 28, 2017
    • 2 replies
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    • sidney brink
    • April 17, 2017

21. Head Bones (down yee go Fish Bones)

    By Scott NC, April 10, 2017
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    • Scott NC
    • April 10, 2017

22. Fish Bones 1 2

    By Scott NC, March 23, 2017
    • 31 replies
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    • Scott NC
    • March 29, 2017

23. Help with info on SS

    By Mickfxdb413, March 10, 2017
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    • Scott NC
    • March 15, 2017

24. Crucible resipies

    By alex L, March 12, 2017
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    • alex L
    • March 14, 2017

25. Crucibles from refractory cement?

    By alex L, February 28, 2017
    • 19 replies
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    • Steve Sells
    • March 2, 2017

26. Smelting Magnitite

    By Elemental Metal Creations, January 24, 2017
    • 15 replies
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    • DanielC
    • March 1, 2017