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Offline Thesquirrelslinger

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Re: getting frustrated
« Reply #15 on: September 03, 2013, 04:54:02 pm »
I blew up  a mold- had left it out overnight... and the next day tried to cast some lead.... mold literally blew apart- both halves ended up 5 feet apart... and the lead was in the middle.

Red hot is like 1400 degreees F, right? i can hit orangeish with a wood fire. Should be easy to heat some rocks to 600-700.
"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results"

Offline Mike_H

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Re: getting frustrated
« Reply #16 on: September 03, 2013, 07:23:33 pm »
After I wrote that I got to thinking about a better way to dry/harden the antler:  put them in my food dehydrator!  I'm going to do that tonight.

Of course, you can always try to heat up the rocks and drip water on them.   >:D  Can you believe I still get people who claim that is a legitimate way to knap?

My wife actually asked me about that brcause she read that in a Tarzan novel.  I busted out laughing.