Jan

Hahahaha man! You remind me myself a few years ago,i wanted to cast some aluminum swage... So i broke up some old gearbox to chips with my crushing hammer and filled up my biggest casting spoon,it was about 8 pounds of raw material. Point is,it WASN'T aluminum at all but magnesium.It took me about 2 hours and pile of sand to persuade it to stop burning.And IT burned like living xxxx, man.So don't do it or you gonna pay for red truck... PS,i didn't neighbor wasn't keen to call them.

Hi Vic, there is another material,which came from French spaceprogam(i think) and is called Sibral-my gas forges are full of it,it`s perfect insulation,lightweight and they are selling it in sheets,it looks kinda like cotton.

Hi everyone, there is yet ANOTHER way;when we were completely broken(i mean one day before bankrupcy),we were using broken glass from beer bottles...it worked.

read on story about magical swords in category stories...it may help

Thanks Chad, good link for guys like me ,who need their noses stick into manuscripts-even electronic-there are useful links on that arma pages,i really appreciate your help. Next time i gonna investigate in Norske Sagas,i really like that stuff about Skeggi and Hrolf Krakke`s sword(called Skoffnung)...but thats long story...thanks again! Jan