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Inuumarue:
Well darn.  My socket is far too short then.  My head comes out at 1 and 7/8ths long,  3/4ths from blade to blade and 1/2 outside diameter with a wall thickness of about 1/16th (all in inches)  I'd hazard a guess that the blades are about 1/8th thick.  I should loose some weight grinding in the bevels on the blades and smoothing things out, but I doubt it's 10grams worth.  My socket only goes in about an inch.  Doesn't help the weight that its a brass head either.. (I know it should be steel, working with what I have at hand) 

Could you post a picture of your head?  I'm a bit confused by the blade measurement you gave.

Heres a link to a photo of the part I'm working with, and some back story. If you see something drastically wrong with the shape please let me know.
http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/43008

Adam

Ian.:
That looks very interesting casting heads, I wonder if the heads will be strong enouth to take an impact.

My heads

This is hectors head   

The album for you to look at http://s270.photobucket.com/albums/jj93/iansturges/

And yes sorry I should stick to one measuring system.

Ian.:
They look messy when blown up to that size.

Inuumarue:
hmm, I'm going off of these points, no clue who forged them.



I'm going to go ahead and cast them as they are, all 33grams.  the thickness should make for better castings.  I'll grind away a fair bit when they're finished.  For what I know, my 10:1 ratio of wax to brass may be a bit much. So they may come out closer than I predict.  If its still too much I'll have to hollow out the insides.

As for holding up to impacts, I have a lot more faith in the gunmetal brass than the cast grey iron we have in the second furnace. Should be able to see if the rubber molds turned out by tomorrow. and move onto making copy waxes by Thursday. I'll weigh a few of them and get an average.

Adam

Ian.:
Those heads look familiar and well made I am surprised that they are that heavy, please keep us up to date with the casting attempts I would be very interested in a way of mass producing tudor bodkins.

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