[Sca-cooks] casting

[Jeff Gedney]

>However, rather than explicitly heating the mold in the oven or 
>ever, I recommend simply pouring in the pewter a few times. This 
>will heat the mold sufficiently so that soon you should get clean 
>castings. The first ones, done into the cool then warmer mold, I 
>simply recycle by tossing them back into the melting pot.

That's ok is you are using soapstone which is anhydrous, but not so good if you are using clay or plaster molds, which absorb water from the air, and especially not possible if you are doing "investment" casting, were the mold can't be reused (Investment casting is done often in Jewelry making).


Capt Elias

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If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather 
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