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    It is not the best method but I was probably going to tie a sting around my finger and go around several times with a sharpie and eventually I will end up with a circle like thing. Im not a super exact person so it shouldn't bother me too much. I appreciate all the tips Frosty. I figured you dont need much steel as i checked out my own steel frypans and they are just a few mm thick. Unfortunately my jig saw has gone mia in my basement so I only have a Sawzall and an angle grinder at my disposal. I have no idea what happened to it. I put the bucket down, went to grab it a few days later and poof, I havent seen it since. The jig will show up eventually but till then that's all i have to work with.
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    Good advice. I know there is a Blacksmiths of New England branch somewhere around here but I have yet to get in contact with them. I will defenitly see if I can find a tank manufacturer around here. I have been calling steel manufacturers but I haven't yet gotten in contact with one that has not either laughed at me or said they don't sell in the small quantities that I was looking for. But the search will continue.
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    that was basically my plan. I finally heard back from a scrap guy for the pipe which I can hopefully snag on Thursday. I will see if they have any thick gauge plate lying around. All else I have access to is the sheet steel from home depot and I don't think that is a great material for this. I am also pretty sure it is galvanized, which I guess I could burn off wearing a respirator but I would rather not. Metal fever is not something I want to deal with.
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    Thanks for all the info. My new question is where can i find a steel disc? Ive been looking since yesterday afternoon and have yet to find one. I know this is probably a horrible idea, but I am leaning toward using a saw blade and trying to forge weld shut the hole in the middle with some of the small scrap bits I have lying around. Its probably way more work than it needs to be but I have to try forge welding at some point right? My only alternative I can think of is flattening a small block I have and cutting it to a disc. I have been looking for scrap dealers near me but they all seem to be auto scrap yards and none have returned my calls. I think my swage block is going to be a carved out tree trunk, i would use a steel pipe but as i said none of the scrap guys have gotten back to me.
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    Thanks all for all the info, it was quite helpful. You also probably saved my hands so I appreciate it quite a bit. I have a lot to think about and hopefully will have something in the next week or so. Weather it will actually work as a pan or not is up in the air but it will at least be something.
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    Don't worry already did a 180. I know I can go buy one at fleamarkets and yard sales, I see them all the time. I just would rather make one. Going to see how one from a sheet or plate or whatever I can find goes. It wont be the same as cast iron but I made it so I don't care. also, not to sound like a snob but I do know how to care for iron cook wear. I love fire cooking and nothing is better than a big old iron fry pan, and nothing is worse than a rusty one.
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    Oh xxxx. Well I guess look into this I must. I haven't gotten called into work for tomorrow yet so I may know what I am doing with my day.
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    or I could hammer a meh one out of steel or the bronze sheet that one guy mentioned. In all sincerity I thank you all for ruining this dream. It was probably for the best where my wellbeing is concerned. which actually brings me back to the whole point of this question, do we think the bronze sheet mentioned would be food safe? My guess is yes if I look long enough.
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    also good points
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    good point
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    So I apparently left a sentence out I thought I had typed. Or I misplaced it in the post. What I meant by this was outside the realm of possibility for the moment, was that this is a long way off. And what I mean by a long way off, is a long, long, long way off. I'm talking years and years and years off. I mean probably, like most things I want to do, I would research it too much, get scared xxxxxxxx, then never ever ever think about it again. As much as I want to slap together a crucible, grab a piece of steel, and throw it in a fire, I know I would absolutely without a doubt kill myself. I know nothing about casting and would never attempt that. My friend tried to convince my to make my aso by taking a bunch of rr spikes melting them and pouring it into a tree trunk he was going to carve. Which would obviously get everyone killed. I had to talk him out of it and it took way longer than it should have to convince him it was a bad idea. The main question in this was about bronze. Which I also know very little about which is why I asked a question here asking for any advice or references those here may have. I would try aluminum but I don't drink much soda, and the beer I drink is usually bottles, so I don't just have oodles of it lying around making it around as expensive to go buy supplies. the bit about where to buy iron was just passing curiosity. I have never seen iron just lying around or for sale anywhere even on industrial sites it is mostly steel and other raw materials. . No place Ive been sells true iron objects, so I was just curious where the crazy people who do this get it from. Sick name by the way
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    I did know you can not forge cast iron. I did not know forging a skillet from sheet metal was considered a beginner project. Ill look into that. Any idea where I can find info?
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    but it is just such a tantalizing idea. I have seen some vids of people dropping molten metal on concrete and it exploding everywhere, pretty terrifying. I don't know if I will try casting, as you say it could go very wrong, but if it does go wrong yes I will be in pain and probably horrifically maimed, but at the very least ill get a story out of it. I could always try forging a skillet but I see that as being a huge pain in the butt. I also only have rr spikes and rebar and I def don't have the patience or the skill to forge weld that together to have enough stock to attempt creating that. and with thinking about what you were saying, this guy seems to have the right idea. He gets to stay far, far, far away from the iron he is casting. I thought it was a nice solution, I definitely didn't think of it. I have no idea how the whole video is, I skipped ahead to the crucible ring on a mount.
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    Nope sorry New Hampshire USA. I had not heard of alloyavenue.com I will look at that soon as possible. Thanks for the help. Yeah I know iron casting is ridiculous, several thousand degree molten metal, recipie for disaster.
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    Thanks for the tips, I will have to look up a cupola, honestly no Idea what that is. Iron may not be traditionally done in a crucible but I am not a traditional person. I am in nh so I will try and see if I can find somewhere that can help with that. I see a lot of broken cast iron tools and pots at flea markets but the lead paint you mention has worried me as well. I definitely would not just make the skillet, I was thinking bronze because the bronze age hammers, swords, axes, and other tools have always fascinated me, so if I am already planning on casting/forging things out of bronze, why not add a skillet to the list? Like I said, casting iron is a long ways off, which is why I am currently looking to try making/casting bronze. Isaw rotometals when I was looking for suppliers, are they good? I assume they would be if you are recommending them but just thought I would ask. and isn't life dangerous? Nah I understand what you mean. Splatter is a serious concern, any safety recommendations other than welding aprons and welding gloves? I wear a full face shield and my prescription glasses when forging so probably would when casting as well. Anything else you would recommend on that front?
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    I see them at flea markets all the time, I have been tempted to snag one but I really just want to make it myself. Could always recast an iron one if I really wanted to. Honestly I just like the look of bronze, it is one of my favorite looking metals. t is also that I want to make something that is functional and will bring attention to my kitchen. Kinda a snobby reason but I would like a nice usable conversation piece hanging above the stove.
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    This is my first post, which I hate to make a series of questions but the deed is done. I'll try to find a place to be helpful, but I am pretty knew to this so I don't know where that would be. I also do not know if this is the correct place to pose a question, if it is not I apologize and ask I be told the correct place. I would absolutely love to make cast iron cook wear, but that seems to be very outside the realm of possibility for my self at the moment. I really want a nice solid skillet that wasn't purchased from lodge. So I was thinking about casting bronze cook wear. I have seen videos and read stories of people doing it but they don't seem to get into the safety side of cooking with bronze. So does anyone have any Idea how to make cooksafe bonze? Or if that is even a thing? Information on the subject is very limited. The only safety tip I can find for cooking with bronze is don't cook acidic foods for the same reason you shouldn't do it with copper cook wear, not much more info than that though. I mainly need an idea for a source of leadfree tin, or just a source of tin. On a related note what about crucibles. I found recipes for fireclay crucibles, which I know are cheap and will crack after a few heats, but will it work for this? I would rather have to make a crucible over and over than buy an expensive one and always fear it will crack and Ill be out the money. As I said, cast iron is a long way off, but out of curiosity where does one find iron? All I can ever find is mild or hard steel, I don't think I have ever seen purchasable iron, even if it was labeled as iron it turned out to be just very low carbon steel. I can post pictures of my forge set up if needed, it's pretty ugly though so Ill refrain unless it is needed. Totally unrelated to this post, as this is my first post I have no idea what the tag system is so I made some up that I figured might exist. Is there a list somewhere? I looked but did not see one, granted I didn't look very hard. Oh and if you don't know an answer to my question, but know of a resource that may contain the information I seek I would love to hear about it.
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