[Sca-cooks] Charcoal forge suggestion ;-)

[Martin G. Diehl]

marilyn traber 011221 wrote:

> Stefan wrote: 
> 
> > I remember trying to use a clay flower pot saucer to hold charcoal
> > for a period pewter casting demo at an event but the heat cracked
> > it. 

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> > Stefan
> 
> Stefan,
> 
> Of COURSE it cracked- a flower pot just isn't up to the temperatures you
> generate when you're operating a forge. And the brake drum is not "just to
> fill up space", it's there not only to handle the temperatures that a forge
> can generate, it's to shape and direct the fire, 

For the large version of that 'shape and direct the fire' concept, please see 
http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=499266&Artist=MGD&ByArtist=Yes 
http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=655021&Artist=MGD&ByArtist=Yes 

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> Phlip

Vincenzo 

-- 
Martin G. Diehl

http://www.renderosity.com/gallery.ez?ByArtist=Yes&Artist=MGD

Reality -- That which remains after you stop thinking about it.