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Anyone mess with bronze?
dylanholderman:
the only thing i can add to what was already said is pay attention to the type of bronze you experiment with.
tin bronze is what i think you want for classical style blades and arrow heads, most bronze casters today are using silicon bronze, and there is also arsenic bronze too apparently.
the different types might affect how well or unwell it takes to work hardening.
dylanholderman:
--- Quote from: tradcraftsman on October 07, 2020, 08:12:27 pm ---I'd love to see a design for a simple furnace that could melt bronze.
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its not really different from a gas forge just turned up on end.
Mesophilic:
--- Quote from: tradcraftsman on October 07, 2020, 08:12:27 pm ---I'd love to see a design for a simple furnace that could melt bronze.
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I've melted copper in my vertical propane forge using a crude crucible. Nothing fancy, made from an empty freon tank lined with ceramic wool and powdered by a homemade black pipe venturi burner.
Aaron H:
Here’s a good bronze arrowhead casting video that you might find interesting.
https://youtu.be/qEs354heEHk (f)
Digital Caveman:
My biggest question is what kind of container can you melt bronze in? I would think at 1700 degrees even cast iron would have issues.
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