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i have been working with a local glass artist in the area to build a stand for his glass sculpture. Also took a trip up to my uncles house and he had a pile of coal that has been sitting there for 40 years. took a little work but it gave me a truckload. 

 

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That doesn't look like the coal I am used to.  Of course I have had one source of coal and none of it is that big.   Seems there are a lot of colors to it.   Do you have any idea on the quality of it?   I don't mean to criticize your free coal...    I am just curious.

 

Has your uncle been a bad boy?   He got lots of lumps of coal...  ;o)

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Interesting work with the iron and glass.  Could you give us a scale of how big the pieces are?

  the glass is about 3 1/2 ft long. The stand is about 1ft long.
 

The stand suits the glasswork very well. I like the finish on the metal. Wax?

for the coating I used gun metal blueing with some oil.
 
 

That doesn't look like the coal I am used to.  Of course I have had one source of coal and none of it is that big.   Seems there are a lot of colors to it.   Do you have any idea on the quality of it?   I don't mean to criticize your free coal...    I am just curious.
 
Has your uncle been a bad boy?   He got lots of lumps of coal...  ;o)


the coal was mixed in with some mud from the rain. After washed off it goes right back to black. The home it was in used to have a boiler in it to supply the heat. I defiantly need to do some cleaning and break it up to be used.
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