ThomasPowers Posted April 9, 2021 Author Share Posted April 9, 2021 Another glaring blunder; but in a book this time: "Send a Fax to the Kasbah", Dorothy Dunnett: pg 161 from a description of a Souk in Morocco: "fire glared from brazier and furnace where smiths hammered and bent molten metal." Hammering molten metal sounds very painful to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 MINIONS, Thomas, that's what minions are for. I can envision using a hammer for improvised injection molding but only if I REALLY imagine hard while wearing an aluminized fire suit. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 9, 2021 Author Share Posted April 9, 2021 Bending molten metal? (Hopefully not with your bare hands!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 I'm careful around molten metal to avoid it with my bare anything, heck I avoid contact if it's warmer than my coffee! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satori Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 I recently had an evil pigeon fly into my shop and directly at me as I was transferring a mold filled with molten silver from the furnace to the cooling bricks I flinched, the mold slipped and I about jumped across the room. It felt like slow motion as I watched every drop of that liquid metal splash across the shop. I got lucky but my workbench was on fire for a bit. spooky stuff. I re-discovered my respect of molten metals that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 26, 2021 Author Share Posted May 26, 2021 Satori; the "at" symbol messes up the software used on this forum; please do not use it! We are not some facebook or other social media clone! Were you able to recover most of the silver? I had a crucible failure once using my forge to melt metal and had the most interesting mess throughout the stuff in the ash dump of the forge and running out into the pile under the forge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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