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That's fantastic! Thankyou all very much for your help. I also contacted "Boral Plaster" , and their tecnical assistance line was extremely helpful, and...
Hey Buzz, I showed the casting knows-it-all guy at work and he said, 'well, it ain't investment plaster cause it doesn't have Crystobalite in the ingredients'....
Master Brian suggested - ... The RTV is what I was raving on about before. Here's a link to a page on different types of casting rubber. If you go down...
Hi, Plaster (Calcium Sulphate) is a hydrated compound which binds water molecules up to a relatively high temperature. It also apparently starts to decompose...
Buzz, I've forwarded your note on to my work place where we have a casting expert. From the sounds of the makeup you gave ie - ... sounds very much like the...
... Well, it occured to me that there was probably a fair bit of good lead in the "dross pile", so I re-fired all the bits that had "clumped" (indicating they...
All, Thanks for your advice on checking the temperature range of the plaster.... to be honest, it hadent even occured to me that it might be the wrong sort of...
Buzz I would double check (I know you're not stupid but it's easy for things like that to slip through) that the mould is ok for the temp you're using and not...
Hello David, here is my thoughts ... just ... The only thing that I could think of is how clean is the lead? A trick that I learned from my dad, is when you...
Dross...dross...that was the word I was searching for! Scum just became the replacement word of the moment. Wonder what one can do with the amount of dross...
Tyghra, I've NOT noticed a significant difference with pewter as it melts so easily ( I sometimes even do it on my electric stove), but with other substances...
Hi All, lurker Buzz here. I've just yesterday been doing a little casting for a <cough>mundane<cough> project, but I figured you guy's might be able to...
Book on Anglo-Saxon beads is up for sale for any who are interested. Forwarded from another list. You may need to cut and paste the various parts of the long...
Hello All, Hope everyone had a great Rowany Festival! I'm still de-dusting but it certainly wasn't as bad as the previous year. I can't find my pewter casting...
Latvian museum site. They have over 500 samples of different amber, a small hoard of coins from a stash hidden in 1560 and an entire woman's jewellery...
http://www.regia.org/wiglaf.htm Takes you to Wiglaf, the village metalworker for Regia Anglorum. At the bottom are two more links to more details on...
http://www.ancienttouch.com/ Started searching for 14 century necklaces (haven't forgotten Duncan!) and after a quick look through the '7000 years of...
http://www.florilegium.org/files/CRAFTS/Tool-Making-art.html This is a recent addition to the florilegium site. Recently I've had two people come into my...
Can you guys explain 'puddling' & 'pig iron' to the non-armouring types on this list? When you say 'puddling' I keep thinking of Jemmima Puddleduck :) Tyghra...
... Well you can't expect him to take photo's of himself blacksmithing ... B EOM NOTICE - This message and any attached files may contain information that is...
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I'll find out. B ... From: turnern@... [mailto:turnern@...] Sent: 24 Nov 2004 6:44 AM To: Metallum_Lochac@... ...
Boston, Greg GC
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I would have thought that the pigs would need to be puddled first to form wrought iron. do you happen to know the composition of the iron? Cheers Sigurd ...
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Blaeney said ... Which effectively means that *I'll* be writing it up ;-) ... Thanks, see you there *waves* Tyg...
... The only cost is an agreement to write up the experience for cockatrice (preferably with pictures). I can bring them to Yule, no probs. I'll bring one of...
Boston, Greg GC
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Hi All, I would love english sources. Failing that French or Burgundian would be useful. The major problem I have is that there appears to be no surviving...
Blaeney offered - ... Hmmm...a little too big for me to work with I'm afraid! Although, the work I'm doing on the new b&b coronets is giving me more...
