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Does anyone have a blueprint on making a chili pepper using a piece of pipe?

Is the make up of the new dollar coins the same as quarters?

So, I thought I would do a comparison on a couple different alloys of Nickel Silver. As shown above, the stuff I bought is 65% Copper, 18% Nickel and 17% Zink. Turns out the "common" Nickel used in coinage is 75% Copper and 25% Nickel, no Zink. I hope the addition of Zink isn't going to be a problem.

"For modern coinage, many alloys were made and tested in the search for the best substitute for silver. The Swiss and Belgian coins were made of an alloy 75% copper and 25% nickel. That alloy, cupro-nickel, is today the single most common alloy of nickel for coinage in the world." Copied from NiDI Status Report #6: The Colour of Money (1998)

Does this family still demo in the US?

Very nice. Have you thought about tinning the inside of the ladle?

Can anyopne give any pointers on welding iron to cast? I have done this using nickel rods and stainless steel rods and bothe worked of but sometimes a slight bump causes the weld to break loose . Actually the welde holds but some of the cast breaks out behind the weld.